AI-driven policing, problematic - who'd have thought it ...

'Predictive policing involves computer programmes that use data and algorithmic models to estimate where crimes are most likely to happen. It was once the stuff of dystopian fiction ... but is an increasingly popular tool for law enforcement. ... In its report, Automated Racism, to be released on Thursday, Amnesty [International] says: “These systems are, in effect, a modern method of racial profiling,"'

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/19/uk-use-of-predictive-policing-is-racist-and-should-be-banned-says-amnesty

UK use of predictive policing is racist and should be banned, says Amnesty

Exclusive: rights group says use of algorithms and data reinforces discrimination in UK policing

The Guardian