Formulytics, an Atlanta-based private technology company, is providing a file management system that helps police and prosecutors coordinate on gang cases as an alternative to old-school gang member databases that are under legal scrutiny for misidentifications and civil rights violations, according to the Saporta Report. While gang databases have come under fire for primarily targeting people of color, lacking due process, and an absence of accuracy, Formulytics founder Tom Ratchford claims the Microsoft-partnered, cloud-based program mostly translates the lingo of police and prosecutors for each other so they can track gang cases together. Critics note that defining “gang” and “gang member” is tougher than it may seem and have raised concerns about a lack of transparency around how Formulytics handles gang member information or interfaces with more traditional databases.
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