Emphasis Preaching Journal

The Los Angeles Police Department experimented with a new technology that has become so effective in preventing crime that cities across the nation are employing it. It is called "predictive policing." Various data is placed into a computer, which then predicts where the next crime wave will be. The computer can draw the potential crime area as small as 500 square feet. These prediction areas are referred to as "boxes." When an officer is able, he is instructed to "go in the box," so his presence will prevent a predicted crime.