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  "record": {
    "id": "e36f0831-0ff5-4a85-a2b1-e2f9e9e520c0",
    "code": "PAI-E36F0831",
    "force": "Kent Police",
    "country": "United Kingdom",
    "country_code": "uk",
    "is_country": true,
    "region": "Kent",
    "technology": "Place-Based Predictive Policing",
    "technology_slug": "place-based-predictive-policing",
    "vendor": "PredPol",
    "vendor_slug": "",
    "programme": "",
    "status": "discontinued",
    "stage": "withdrawn",
    "evidence": "journalism",
    "evidence_is_claim": false,
    "since": "2013",
    "legal_basis": "Force procurement; no dedicated statute",
    "oversight": "None identified beyond the force itself",
    "notes": "The first UK force to test PredPol. The force cancelled the contract after saying it was challenging to demonstrate that the programme reduced crime. This is the same pattern seen in Los Angeles and in the Dutch Crime Anticipation System: the operating agency itself was unable to show the software worked.",
    "source": "Liberty Investigates",
    "source_url": "https://libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/predictive-policing-avon-somerset-bristol-police-ai-minority-report/",
    "last_checked": "2026-08-20",
    "record_url": "https://www.policeainews.com/tracker/record/e36f0831-0ff5-4a85-a2b1-e2f9e9e520c0"
  },
  "licence": "https://www.policeainews.com/data#licence"
}