Fusion Center in Chicago claims to predict crimes and it's spreading to other Fusion centers.

What scientific programs can predict crime with near 100% accuracy?
Meteoroligsts can't predict the weather accurately and we're supposed to believe the Predictive Analytics Group is any different?
Want to know where our tax dollars are being wasted, read the following report:

In October, the Chicago Police Department’s new crime-forecasting unit was analyzing 911 calls for service and produced an intelligence report predicting a shooting would happen soon on a particular block on the South Side.

Three minutes later, it did, police officials say.

That got police Supt. Jody Weis thinking.

He wondered if the department could produce intelligence reports even quicker. Next time, officers might have an hour’s notice before a shooting — instead of just a few minutes.

The solution: Weis is now consolidating the department’s various intelligence-gathering units under his direct command to improve the flow of information.

The Deployment Operations Center, which gathers gang intelligence, will move into his office from the Bureau of Investigative Services.

The “DOC,” created in 2003, tracks human intelligence on gangs and holds a daily conference call with department leaders to decide where to deploy roving teams of officers.

The Predictive Analytics Group was already in the superintendent’s office.

Brett Goldstein, director of predictive analytics, said the change will allow his office to send out intelligence reports more quickly.

“We’re running against a clock,” he said.

The Predictive Analytics Group, which sorts through crime statistics and demographic data, was formed by Weis last spring.

At the time, the department was generating weekly citywide intelligence reports on violent crime and identifying “hot spots” of more than a square mile.

But the science behind the reports remains a mystery. Goldstein won’t give specifics on how his unit makes its predictions or identify the targeted areas, saying he does not want to tip off criminals.


Link:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/3295264-418/intelligence-crime-police-weis-department.html