Chicago Inspector General, January 2020: the police department spent $3.8 million in federal grants on computer models that scored people's likelihood of being a shooter or shooting victim (the Strategic Subject List). It found unreliable scores and weak controls; the program ended November 1, 2019.
CPD received $3.8 million in federal grants to develop these models, which were designed to predict the likelihood an individual would become a “party to violence” (PTV), i.e. the victim or offender in a shooting.
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Chicago Inspector General, January 2020: the police department spent $3.8 million in federal grants on computer models that scored people's likelihood of being a shooter or shooting victim (the Strategic Subject List). It found unreliable scores and weak controls; the program ended November 1, 2019.