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  I see that the police in North Kent are trialling what they call "Predictive Policing". They are going to be using their data of what's happened before to show where it's going to happen again!
  
  They say: "The Force can then ensure that police officers and other resources are in the right place at the right time to either deter the crime or tackle offenders."
  
  What??!!
  
  Are they seriously suggesting that burglars, for example, will return to the same house at the same time the following night or week later to burgle again? Or that someone who nicks an elderly woman's purse from her handbag in one shop in the town centre will do the same thing in the same shop at the same time the next day?
  
  Ah - when we read on we see: "The idea originated in the USA " ... well that explains it.
  
  So, Mr Burglar, please come back this time tomorrow and the police will be waiting for you - or, choose another house a couple of miles away and they won't be anywhere near you!

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