In Los Angeles, where Palantir has been employed, "the smart policing that Palantir enables is all about results. After a year of more frequent patrols and Chronic Offender Bulletins in Newton, 70 percent of the identified chronic offenders had been arrested at least once, violent crime had fallen by about 15 percent, and homicides had dropped 59 percent, he says. “This was the biggest decline citywide. To have that kind of impact was a real strong message about how you can use data and make a difference.”

A 59% reduction in reducing crime is a phenomenal result; not to mention the child rape Palantir is helping to prevent before it happens.

Note to author, Don't believe anything the intercept says because Glenn GreenWald and Sam Biddle have a hate fueled biased opinion of Thiel for taking down Gawker; which Biddle used to work for. Source is at; https://www.wired.com/story/how-peter-thiels-secretive-data-company-pushed-into-policing/