After discussing my questions in the doubt class today, I performed three machine learning classification tasks performed on the fatal police shootings dataset, these ML classifications helped me gain a better understanding pf predicting the manner of death, its perceived threat level and prediction of whether the incident was rrecorded on the Bodycam.
The insights I gained are as follows –
- In any activity, age is a crucial aspect that is continuously present. This implies that a number of factors related to police contacts are significantly influenced by the age of the person involved.
- The degree of perceived threat has an impact on both determining if a body camera was in use and forecasting the way of death. This emphasizes how crucial the perception of threat is in interactions with the police.
- Being armed has a significant impact on all jobs, highlighting the importance of guns in these circumstances.
- While not the most important factor, characteristics like race nonetheless have a significant impact on some activities. This can suggest that there are structural or social issues at work.
- The perceived threat appears to be one of the elements that influences the deployment of a body camera.