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2018

26 July 2018Publication

Man and machine: Partners in (preventing) crime?

Research of Martijn Wessels shows how police officers can deal with artificial intelligence within the polcie organisation. As a case study he examined the predictive policing system CAS. Below is a summary of the results and full report to read or download.” Law enforcement agencies around the…

2016

18 July 2016Best practice

From predictive policing to prescriptive policing

Law enforcement around the world, including the Netherlands, is currently experimenting with predictive policing: policing based on crime predictions. Big Data on past crimes and the help of sophisticated machine learning enable police to use reliable predictions about when and where the next…

17 June 2016Public sector

How big data is reducing burglaries in Amsterdam

Using software to catch criminals in the act, or to prevent them from striking in the first place: it seems like science fiction, but it’s already happening in Amsterdam. Despite significant drawbacks to the current technology, it looks like Predictive Policing will soon be a reality. Predictive…

12 March 2016Public sector

Police in Amsterdam use Facebook ads in criminal investigation

Homicide investigators in Amsterdam are turning to social media in the hopes of gathering more information about a gruesome murder in which a severed head was found on a city street, and the remaining body found inside a burning stolen van miles away. The death of 23-year-old Nabil Amzieb has…