#propertycrime — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #propertycrime, aggregated by home.social.
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The Guardian | Row over ‘virtual gated community’ AI surveillance plan in Toronto neighbourhood by Leyland Cecco in Toronto
Rosedale residents considering car licence plate-scanning Flock system in bid to tackle property crime
A row has broken out in one of Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods over plans to use an AI-powered surveillance system to create the country’s first “virtual gated community” to combat surging property crime.
Crime rates in Toronto as a whole are dropping, but residents of Rosedale have been left on edge by a sustained rise in home invasions, with robbers targeting the tree-lined neighbourhood at a rate more than double the city average. Break-ins and theft remain the third highest per capita in Toronto.
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#ai(artificialintelligence) #surveillance #toronto #rosedale #propertycrime
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Under Biden, acc/to the FBI’s 2023 4th quarter crime report, from 2022 to 2023 #murder went down 13%; #ViolentCrime went down 6%; #PropertyCrime went down 4%; #larceny went down 6%; #robbery went down 5%; #burglary went down 10%
#law #order #BiddnHarris2024
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fbi-data-shows-that-violent-crimes-in-the-u-s-decreased-in-2023 -
Global News BC: Opposition says repeat break-ins at B.C. jeweler show failure to address property crime https://globalnews.ca/news/10051579/jewelry-theft-property-crime-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #VancouverIslandcrime #GoldSilverGuy #PropertyCrime #BCpolitics #Crime
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Global News BC: Vancouver Island jewelry dealer targeted by thieves for 22nd time https://globalnews.ca/news/10049837/gold-silver-guy-another-break-in/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #VancouverIslandcrime #GoldSilverGuy #PropertyCrime #BreakIn #Crime
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Global News BC: Thieves pilfer $100K of jewelry in ‘well orchestrated’ Nanaimo heist https://globalnews.ca/news/10002201/nanaimo-jewelry-store-break-in-100k/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #JewelryStoreRobbery #PropertyCrime #Nanaimocrime #BCcrime #Nanaimo #Crime
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Global News BC: North Vancouver RCMP seek video amid surge in catalytic converter thefts https://globalnews.ca/news/9534085/catalytic-converter-theft-north-vancouver/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #catalyticconverterstolen #CatalyticConverterTheft #NorthVancouverCrime #Catalyticconverter #NorthVancouverRCMP #NorthVancouver #PropertyCrime #Crime #Theft
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Why is #violence high and persistent in #deprived #communities? A formal model
"Being below the threshold makes risky actions, such as #PropertyCrime, beneficial. In simulated populations with heterogeneous levels of resources, when #deprivation or #inequality is high, there are more desperate individuals, hence a higher risk of exploitation. It then becomes advantageous to use violence, to send a ‘toughness signal’ to exploiters"
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.2095
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Global News BC: Group calls for new funding to help B.C. businesses handle repeated vandalism https://globalnews.ca/news/9501311/b-c-business-vandalism-support/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #businesssupports #businessfunding #Smashedwindows #Vancouvercrime #PropertyCrime #SmallBusiness #B.C.Budget #B.C.crime #Vandalism #Funding #Budget #Police #Crime
