What is "precobs"

Precobs is a predictive policing-software using algorithms and knowledge about crimes committed in the past to predict the commitment of so-called “near repeat”-crimes. Precobs is an abbreviation and stands for Pre Crime Observation System. It is developed and sold by the Institut für musterbasierte Prognosetechnik (Institute for pattern-based Prediction Technique) – IfmPt – located in Oberhausen, Germany.