Modern policing: Algorithm helps NYPD spot crime patterns

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department is using technology to spot crime patterns.
Pattern-recognition software that the department developed allows crime analysts to compare robberies, larcenies and thefts to hundreds of thousands of crimes logged in the NYPD’s database at the click of a button.
It’s much faster than the old method, which involved analysts sifting through reports and racking their brains for similar crimes. It’s more comprehensive, too, with anal