How do the police use big data?
Keywords: Police Surveillance, Big Data, Community, Solidarity, Safety
“In the winter of 2022, CUP and Teaching Artist Christopher Lopez collaborated with Mr. Mark Leffler’s 12th grade computer science class at the International Community High School (ICHS) in the Bronx, to investigate [issues of big data and their use in police surveillance]. The group documented the neighborhood through photography, designed algorithms, and talked to community members and stakeholders working on the issue. The team gathered what they learned and created this booklet to teach others about big data and policing algorithms, and to imagine the future of public safety!”
Authors: Center for Urban Pedagogy, New York, 2022
The authors of the short guidebook are educators and high-school students intent on producing documentation for other students and other educators.