Comment by David O’Connor

That’s not to say that police departments shouldn’t use software to analyze their data. [...] Further development of the technology is inevitable, so local governments and police departments should develop appropriate standards and practices. [...] Person-based algorithmic forecasts should never be accepted as meeting the reasonable suspicion requirement for detaining an individual, and only data specialists should have access to the software to reduce the chances of abuse. AI Unverifiable source (2017)
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AI Unverifiable The source URL (cfr.org) returned HTTP 403 Forbidden and could not be fetched. However, the quote is independently confirmed verbatim via web search results: David O'Connor (CFR Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program intern) wrote in his 2017 article "Predictive Policing Is Not as Predictive As You Think" that "person-based algorithmic forecasts should never be accepted as meeting the reasonable suspicion requirement for detaining an individual, and only data specialists should have access to the software to reduce the chances of abuse." Vote alignment is correct (against "Ban predictive policing" - O'Connor advocates regulation and standards, not banning). Marking ai_unverifiable since the CFR source URL blocks AI fetching. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 3d ago
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