This article describes PredPol - a tool that allows police to use advanced data analysis/statistics to help determine when and where crime hotspots will occur.  While it is not quite the level of Minority Report (particularly for its notable lack of  telepathy), it is interesting to note that police departments are starting to employ this sort of technology.  This will undoubtedly have a host of constitutional implications down the road - for instance, at what point does predictive analytics start to impinge on privacy rights and the Fourth Amendment?

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