Pre-Crime� is a concept that was focus of the movie Minority Report. Now, a new software allowing for predictive policing may be coming to a police department near you. �Beware�, made by telecommunications company Intrado, searches billions of records to find and predict potential crimes.
What is most alarming is that this software will not only scour record�s databases for info on suspects but will pull info from social network pages and look for words that could be deemed as �offensive�. With that information a suspect is assessed a threat level.
All of this coming from a software algorithm. Watch the video to hear the conversation between Ben Swann and Derek A. Smith of Excelsior College to learn more about the program.