The Los Angeles Police Department has scrapped a second data policing program it once hailed as way to target violent offenders in neighborhood hot spots, following concerns that the programs unfairly target black and Latino communities.
Protesters at a Los Angeles Police Commission meeting on the LAPD's use of data in policing.
“We discontinued LASER because we want to reassess the data,” Josh Rubenstein, the LAPD's chief spokesman, said Friday. “It was inconsistent. We’re pulling back.” LASER, or “Los Angeles’ Strategic Extraction and Restoration,” zones, used data mapping to increase police presence in hot spots and identify specific “anchor points” such as liquor stores, parking lots and residences connected to certain crimes in an area. Analysts, not computers, identifiedAn inspector general audit released last month described LASER like this:
“The department absolutely made the right decision,” she said. “I absolutely appreciate the members of the community who have raised concerns for a long time.” Hamid Khan, another coalition coordinator, said, though, that the program led to excessive policing and increased surveillance in poor neighborhoods, adding, “we need to know the impact.”
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