Service: Skala -Predictive policing

Responsible organisation: State Criminal Police Office (LKA) of North Rhine-Westphalia (Local Government)

The State Criminal Police Office (LKA) of North Rhine-Westphalia, for example, has been using the “Skala” software since 2015, a system for evaluating crime and anticipating situations. Skala uses past experiences, such as the near-repeat theory. Once a week, Skala spits out forecasts of residential burglaries for police authorities in Bonn, Duisburg, Dusseldorf, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, and Cologne – maps showing residential districts with a high probability of burglary. The police use the forecasts to decide, for example, where to send more patrol cars and whether to personally advise the population in vulnerable areas on burglary protection. At the beginning of May 2018, NRW Minister of the Interior Herbert Reul announced that it would extend its deployment to the whole of North Rhine-Westphalia, initially to all main crime departments.

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