First force to try predictive policing quietly cancelled contract

Move to victims-based model sees change of direction for Kent Police.

In the eye of the beholder: Kent weighs up options after puling the plug on predictive policing scheme

A pioneering force’s switch of emphasis in its policing model has brought the curtain down on a five-year project to predict and prevent crime. Kent Police quietly binned Predpol eight months ago – after being the first in England and...