‘Predictive policing’ workshop: UP Police gets tips on data analytics, crime mapping

The workshop saw participation from 68 gazetted officers and 192 non-gazetted officers who were informed about the tools available for data analytics.

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The statement said that the Uttar Pradesh ‘112’ wing has data of over 17 crore calls received in the last seven years as well as the tool to do analysis of this data. (Representational Image)

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THE UTTAR Pradesh Police on Monday organised a one-day workshop on data analytics that saw participation of around 260 police officers from across the state. The “predictive policing” workshop offered police personnel training in data analytics and crime mapping tools to ensure better law and order in the state.

“The training was held to achieve goals of predictive policing. We have a pattern of crime committed all over the year. If we analyse this data, we can know when, where and which type of crime might take place,” said a statement issued by Director General of Police (DGP) Vijay Kumar.

The workshop saw participation from 68 gazetted officers and 192 non-gazetted officers who were informed about the tools available for data analytics.

The statement said that those who participated were told about “event search” in which by entering a keyword such as robbery, theft and murder information can be sought, and about “event tracking” through which status of police vehicles can be found for any information received on the ‘112’ emergency number.

Through “event location analysis and hotspot (of crime) analysis”, personnel can determine a pattern of criminal activities, said the statement.

The statement said that the Uttar Pradesh ‘112’ wing has data of over 17 crore calls received in the last seven years as well as the tool to do analysis of this data.

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