“The fact that the Met ... now see a need to rely on ... data analytics in order to reach an ‘understanding of the communities’ within their areas is a sign of just how far we have moved away from ... community policing”. So many dimensions of “no” here. theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/j…
That a police force can buy software capable of racial profiling but say it’s okay because they didn’t actually *do* any racial profiling seems like sophistry at best. What kind of procurement guidelines does that pass?
I am becoming such a boring person but - where is the oversight? Where are the guidelines? Where is the person with authority saying “remember how badly the London Gangs Matrix went, let’s never do that again”? Where is the *regulation* of public use of data?
Britain in 2020 is evermore like someone read “Weapons of Math Destruction” and mistook it for a playbook of all the best things to do with public data.
Because, look, it is possible. theguardian.com/world/2020/jul…
