Could Predictive Policing Make Minority Report a Reality?

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FILE - In this Dec. 29, 2014 file photo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, and NYPD police commissioner Bill Bratton, center, stand on stage during a New York Police Academy graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden in New York. Mayor de Blasio has spent much of the week answering questions about a 9 percent spike in crime in New York. But experts say that a major rise in crime, which hasn't happened yet during his administration, would be more damaging to him than other mayors since he had a reputation for being soft on crime, his relationship with the police is tenuous and so much of his plan to change the justice system is hinged on the idea that crime will not rise. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton has come out in support of Predictive Policing, a preemptive method of anticipating criminal activity using new technology and algorithms. NYPD have recently announced they will begin a two year pilot program implementing Predictive Policing. Although a terrifying concept to some, it is an improvement on their previous methods of runes, tea leaf reading, and general racism.

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