Intelligence-led policing is future focus in Rochester

By Jeffrey Pieters

The future of law enforcement — using sophisticated data tools to predict and prevent crimes rather than just react to them — is now, says Rochester Police Chief Roger Peterson.

„This is not hypothetical,“ Peterson said Monday in a presentation to the city council. „These systems exist in other jurisdictions, and they work very well. We have the infrastructure here.“

Peterson was joined by representatives of IBM-Rochester to describe, in largely conceptual terms, the kinds of things that an „intelligence-led“ police force can do. (more on postbulletin.com).