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Ban predictive policing
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Results (40 votes):
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(40 votes)
For 27 (68%)
Abstain 0 (0%)
Against 13 (33%)
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For (25)
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Alexander LauferTechnology and human-rights researcher at Amnesty International Netherlands.votes For and says:
It is impossible to design an objective or neutral risk profiling algorithm. Data about people is never objective. When governments use past social data to predict who is going to commit a crime such as fraud, they inevitably target individuals who b...
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Amnesty InternationalHuman rights NGOvotes For and says:
Risk profiling in migration, social security fraud detection and crime control must be banned. Predictive profiling and risk assessment systems, whether data driven or rules-based, should be banned in high stakes contexts even when humans make the fi...
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Mariano delli SantiLegal and Policy Officer at Open Rights Groupvotes For and says:
bias and stereotypes at scale. Black people, migrant people, poor people, people from geographic areas which have been historically over policed are more likely to be identified as at risk of committing a crime. [...] Predictive policing is a dangero...
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Amnesty International UKHuman rights organizationvotes For and says:
These tools to “predict crime” harm us all by treating entire communities as potential criminals, making society more racist and unfair. Governments across the UK must prohibit the use of these technologies. Right now, they can demand transparency on...
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Madison CutlerPolicy brief author, Ford Schoolvotes For and says:
Predictive policing programs utilize algorithms to allocate law enforcement resources to areas and persons identified as having a higher risk for crime, despite a lack of evidence showing the efficacy of these determinations. Commercially-produced an...
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Fair TrialsGlobal criminal justice watchdogvotes For and says:
Today, Fair Trials has launched an interactive online tool designed to show how the police and other criminal justice authorities are using predictive systems to profile people and areas as criminal, even before alleged crimes have occurred. Our res...
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Dragoș TudoracheMEP; EU AI Act co-rapporteurvotes For and says:
We don't want mass surveillance, we don't want social scoring, we don't want predictive policing in the European Union, full stop.
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Birgit SippelGerman MEP, civil liberties advocatevotes For and says:
It is crucial to acknowledge that elements of structural injustice are intensified by AI systems and we must therefore ban the use of predictive systems in law enforcement and criminal justice once and for all. Any AI or automated systems that are de...
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Griff FerrisFair Trials legal and policy officervotes For and says:
Age-old discrimination is being hard-wired into new age technologies in the form of predictive and profiling AI systems used by law enforcement and criminal justice authorities. Seeking to predict people’s future behaviour and punish them for it is c...
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AlgorithmWatchAlgorithmic accountability nonprofitvotes For and says:
AI systems used by law enforcement often have technological or commercial barriers that prevent effective and meaningful scrutiny, transparency, and accountability. It is crucial that individuals affected by these systems’ decisions are aware of thei...
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Sameena UsmanCAIR-SFBA government relations coordinatorvotes For and says:
We thank the Oakland City Council for their unanimous vote to protect our dignity and privacy through banning predictive policing and biometric surveillance technology.
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Sarah ChanderDigital rights policy adviservotes For and says:
I can’t profess to have researched every particular high-risk use in detail, but many of them should be banned. Predictive policing is a really good example. Many people believe that if you de-bias predictive policing systems, they will no longer pro...
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The People’s Plan NYCNYC multi‑group policy platformvotes For and says:
Problem: Predictive policing is software that is sold to the public as a way for police to “predict crime.” In practice, this software automates racial profiling, harvesting data from sources like the gang databases, which is 99 percent Black and Lat...
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Corey O’ConnorPittsburgh City Council membervotes For and says:
These are things we are seeing -- a trend across the country that the technology is not up to speed enough and people are getting arrested that should not be. [...] You use crime data and you use mathematics to basically say where to put police. It'...
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Liberty (UK)UK civil liberties organizationvotes For and says:DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Ricky BurgessPittsburgh City Council membervotes For and says:
I'm in favor of banning predictive policing: This bill does not ban predictive policing.
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Andy MillsSanta Cruz police chiefvotes For and says:
Predictive policing has been shown over time to put officers in conflict with communities rather than working with the communities. [...] "until such time that it can be peer reviewed and scientifically proven."
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Matt CagleACLU tech and civil liberties attorneyvotes For and says:
As Santa Cruz rightly recognized, predictive policing and facial recognition are dangerous, racially biased technologies that should never be used by our government. [...] Lawmakers across the country have a responsibility to step up and dismantle s...
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Ma. Nina Francesca P. LacsonPhilippine representative for Manila Teachers Party-list and sponsor of the National Artificial Intelligence Code of the Philippines.votes For and says:
No Artificial Intelligence system shall be deployed for policing, crime prediction, crowd monitoring, or automated surveillance, including facial recognition, license plate reading, real-time surveillance, predictive policing, and automated decision-...
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David DavisUK Conservative Member of Parliamentvotes For and says:
Last week, we saw AI misuse lead to the early retirement of one Chief Constable. Now, the police reportedly plan to use AI to usher in an era of 'predictive policing', targeting criminals before they commit crimes. This is unbelievably unwise. [...] ...
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ARTICLE 19Free expression and human rights organisationvotes For and says:
Notwithstanding the limited reach of the ban on predictive policing — which excludes event and location-based predictions — the guidelines must clarify that predicting ‘risk of committing a criminal offence’ includes all systems that purport to predi...
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Hannah SassamanPolicy director, Movement Alliance Projectvotes For and says:
Authentic article excerpt, but it must show an omission: the later sentence beginning “We have a narrow window...” is separated from the earlier paragraph by several intervening paragraphs and needs [...].
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Justin CummingsFormer Santa Cruz mayorvotes For and says:
Understanding how predictive policing and facial recognition can be disproportionately biased against people of color, we officially banned the use of these technologies in the city of Santa Cruz. [...] "help eliminate racism in policing".
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Electronic Frontier FoundationWe're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online.votes For and says:
Shout it from the rooftops: math cannot predict crime. But it can further criminalize neighborhoods already disproportionately over-represented in police data due to constant surveillance.
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Open Rights GroupDigital rights advocacy groupvotes For and says:
Many AI systems have been proven to magnify discrimination and inequality. In particular, so-called ‘predictive policing’ and biometric surveillance systems are disproportionately used to target marginalised groups including racialised, working class...
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Abstain (0)
Against (13)
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Nigeria Police ForceNational police service of Nigeria, represented by its inspector general at the 2026 UN Chiefs of Police Summit.votes Against and says:
Artificial intelligence, digital forensics, and geospatial intelligence are transforming how we anticipate threats and conduct investigations.
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Jordan Public Security DirectorateJordan's national public-security authority, represented by its director at the 2026 UN Chiefs of Police Summit.votes Against and says:
That is why we believe that this summit is a strategic step allowing us to redefine the role of UN Police and strengthen its ability to respond to the ever-rapid changes by implementing a modern police system based on institutional complementarity, i...
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Government of Solomon IslandsNational government of Solomon Islands, represented by its deputy police commissioner at the 2026 UN Chiefs of Police Summit.votes Against and says:
With artificial intelligence, digital technology, and the use of predictive tools, this can strengthen situational awareness, support evidence-based decision-making, and improve early warning and threat assessment.
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Naveen JoshiFounder and CEO of Allerin, writing on artificial intelligence, analytics, and responsible technology.votes Against and says:
Predictive policing falls into that same category. The goal isn’t to replace police work, it’s to make it more strategic.
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Government of the United KingdomUnited Kingdom central governmentvotes Against and says:
Officers across England and Wales will spend less time behind desks and more time protecting their communities, as the government today launches PoliceAI – a new national centre dedicated to the responsible development, piloting and scaling of artifi...
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Sarah JonesUK Crime and Policing Minister and Member of Parliament.votes Against and says:
AI is already helping police catch dangerous offenders, speed up investigations and keep our communities safe – and we are only just getting started.
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Neil BasuFormer head of Counter Terrorism Policing in the United Kingdom.votes Against and says:
There is a lot of concern about AI but the truth is it is here, and it’s here to stay. AI can, if used correctly, be a force for good that will help policing become not just more efficient but far more effective. That means greater safety and securit...
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Ryan WainSenior Director of Policy & Politics at the Tony Blair Institute, commenting on technology and public policy.votes Against and says:
This is a welcome step to help police make better use of technology in the fight against crime. For too long, some of the loudest voices have focused on the risks of innovation without giving equal attention to the opportunities it offers to protect ...
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Ben JarvisChief Technology Officer for Data & AI at Telefónica Tech, writing on governed AI use in policing.votes Against and says:
Predictive policing shows how crime analytics can already help forces move from reactive response to earlier intervention, using existing data within governed environments.
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Stan KaranasiosProfessor in Information Systems at the University of Queensland, researching AI use in policing.votes Against and says:
Ultimately, whether AI technology improves policing outcomes depends on the governance surrounding it. Ensuring there is a vigilant human in every AI loop should be a non-negotiable safeguard.
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David O’ConnorCFR Net Politics guest bloggervotes Against and says:
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. [...] P...
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Lindsey BarrettLaw scholar and attorneyvotes Against and says:
This article will argue that the use of predictive policing algorithms at the border should not be barred outright, as the government should permit potentially beneficial uses of the technology to develop. However, use of these algorithms should be c...
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William J. BrattonFormer NYPD and LAPD police chiefvotes Against and says:
We have a number of predictive-policing initiatives underway [...] It is 21st-century policing – it’s great.
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