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MAD Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Washington D.C. estimates 20% to 40% of police records are duplicates
“With Washington, D.C., we, ah, see about five million people records in that data set. And of those five million, they estimate between 20 and 40% are duplicates.”
EJ Bensing Apr 20, 2015 ▶ 8:55 Scott Crouch and EJ Bensing, Mark43 // Reimagining Police Software (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
MAD Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bensing: Police departments average 10 to 15 separate record systems
“Each department we go into, we see, you know, 10 to 15 different systems that can each have their own record of a person.”
EJ Bensing Apr 20, 2015 ▶ 9:57 Scott Crouch and EJ Bensing, Mark43 // Reimagining Police Software (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
MAD Assertion Contradicted
Mark43 cannot legally auto-merge police records due to audit trail requirements
“Legally we as Mark 43 cannot merge those records ourselves. We have to allow a law enforcement official to do that because each piece of data entered into the system must have an audit trail that can track back to them so that this can go to court.”
EJ Bensing Apr 20, 2015 ▶ 10:13 Scott Crouch and EJ Bensing, Mark43 // Reimagining Police Software (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
MAD Assertion Supported
Bensing: 87% of Americans are identifiable by birth date, gender, location
“87% of Americans can be uniquely identified with date of birth, gender, and location.”
EJ Bensing Apr 20, 2015 ▶ 10:51 Scott Crouch and EJ Bensing, Mark43 // Reimagining Police Software (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
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