Portland police using data science to find stolen cars

Portland, Oregon, like many areas of the U.S., has seen an increase in the number of stolen cars in recent years. Police are now using data science to help officers work more effectively in tracking down missing vehicles. Kyle Iboshi with our affiliate KGW explains.

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[AllenHanPR]

I'm very impressed. Usually improvements are small but noticeables, but going from 1/31 to 1/5 that is basically going from 3% to 20% or for the better 6.5x improvement. Many things in life rarely double no matter how hard you try.

[JusticeAlways]

My car has the best anti-theft device:

A manual transmission

[l.h.tnguyen]

That's crazy that 20% of stops are stolen. Bravo. Glad to see that they don't pull people over for ticky tacky violations.

[haihengh]

i don't need data science to tell me Portland's problem is not car thief.

[punxoioioi]

This story was on the local Portland news March 1, 2023. Look up the title "Portland police track down stolen cars with help from OHSU cancer doctors". Same exact story/video.

[hokmed]

I have better plan when you catch someone with a stolen car keep them in jail longer stop releasing them the same day

[rashadus]

*What ever happened to preventing crime? This seems like a round about way without addressing the real systemic issues that incentivize crime in the first place.

[scillyautomatic]

Try keeping the criminals in jail. That works too. And it works better.

[joshuaryantrucking]

I live in Portland oregon and crime is at its highest ever! Its a scary city now

[jhowardsupporter]

I came for the thumbnail but I stayed for the informative news report. Great job CBS.

[honeyislandoutfitters]

They don't need to include the thief's profile 🤣😂because that's 95% a given 🤣😂☻

[richardkiltz]

How about keeping these criminals in jail!!!

[dave]

Wow, data science sounds so high-tech. 😂

[bturner]

I noticed during the interview at times the officer would be driving with both hands off the steering wheel and talking at the same time, was there some kind of autopilot on this car?

[ancormane]

Great work Portland police about time you guys got support you needed

[PatrickDoolittle]

As someone studying "data science", you should just call it statistics. People know what statistics is and it reflects the fact that it's based on imperfect information.

[HOHLfmly]

What has gotten into the Police? For the last 2 years they have been little help recovering our stolen cars In 2022, there were 10, 891 vehicles stolen compared to 6, 454 in 2020 and 9, 059 in 2021. Insurance on a 15 year old car now has increased $200 a month!
Multnomah county residents should sue the county for dereliction of duty

[MrJackcorgi]

The funniest thing is that it doesn't take data science to find stolen cars.
It's usually very obvious.

[Callasn]

The problem is Mike Schmidt. Criminals won’t stop until theres real consequences.

[rogerevans]

Now if the DA will stop releasing then.