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This is the Cato Daily Podcast for Thursday, December 14th, 2017. I'm Caleb Brown.

Some police departments have begun using algorithms. 17, I'm Caleb Brown.

Some police departments have begun using algorithms to tell them more about the areas

they patrol and the people they are charged with protecting, and more departments are considering

it. Andrew Ferguson is author of the rise of big data policing,

surveillance, race, and the future of law enforcement.

We spoke at the Cato Institute's SpyCon yesterday.

How has technology changed how police? SpiCon yesterday.

How has technology changed how police do their jobs?

So technology right now is changing where police go and patrol, who they're targeting, how they're investigating, and how they start dealing with new patterns

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