This is a guest post from Jason Riley. One question that may be on the mind of law enforcement personnel is, "Is combat profiling (or predictive profiling) legal? This is a topic which I would like to address briefly in this post. As PVH has discussed in a previous post, combat profiling is basically an application of predictive profiling. We give it particular terminology, and form applications which relate directly to combat and law enforcement situations. In regard to the legality of observing behavior to identify potential threats, I would like to address a few issues. The basis for this discussion is a paper written by two Non-Resident Fellows of the Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law, which addresses this very question (the article can be found here:
Is Predictive Profiling Legal?
Is Predictive Profiling Legal?
Is Predictive Profiling Legal?
This is a guest post from Jason Riley. One question that may be on the mind of law enforcement personnel is, "Is combat profiling (or predictive profiling) legal? This is a topic which I would like to address briefly in this post. As PVH has discussed in a previous post, combat profiling is basically an application of predictive profiling. We give it particular terminology, and form applications which relate directly to combat and law enforcement situations. In regard to the legality of observing behavior to identify potential threats, I would like to address a few issues. The basis for this discussion is a paper written by two Non-Resident Fellows of the Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law, which addresses this very question (the article can be found here: