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LAPD to extend 'predictive policing' in city

Monday, July 02, 2012
An LAPD patrol car and two officers are seen in this file photo.

An LAPD patrol car and two officers are seen in this file photo. (KABC Photo)

The LAPD plans to expand a high-tech crime fighting method across the whole city known as "predictive policing."

The method uses crime statistics to help the department figure out where would-be criminals might strike next. Officers are then sent to those areas to deter the crimes.

The program was launched last year in certain areas, and police say there has been a double-digit drop in burglaries and other property crime in those areas.

The goal is not to boost the number of arrests, which is a typical police benchmark to reflect crime reduction. Instead, officers want to either intercept a crime in progress or deter would-be criminals.

The LAPD is the largest agency to experiment with "predictive policing."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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