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OP wants an open sourced, data-based statistical model of where crime might occur (methodological flaws and all), and not an unasked-for politicized preaching about the supposed virtues of a subset of people over another subset of people.

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As long as the methodological flaws are someone else's problem (the user/consumer), we don't need to take responsibility for building the tools that facilitate those methodological flaws, right?

I agree. I don't want the police using biased tools either.

OP has stated elsewhere in the comments that the reason they're interested in the tech is for testing it in some other unrelated area.

I don't see the OP making a claim like that. In any case, OP did not specify what the purpose of the tool was/is, and doesn't seem to be willing to explain the purpose of the the tool is.

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