And somehow in this small sleepy town, the same 2 blocks have consistently been the "you can always get heroine/meth/crack here" blocks for about 30 years, and they can't predict the need for a squad car parked there.
PredPol is headquartered there: "PredPol Inc, the Santa Cruz-headquartered firm that pioneered the technology, said that it supported the city resolution’s requirement that predictive policing “will not perpetuate bias”, among other criteria."
https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2011/01/14/crime-predictio...
https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2020/06/20/santa-cruz-cons...