They say to catch a criminal, you have to think like one. That’s an approach the Boston Police would like to try, by implementing a new software program that would scan social media platforms. The goal is to uncover threats to the public safety when they’re just being hatched. Jim Braude ( @jimbraude ) talks to people on both sides of the issue: Former Watertown Police Chief Ed Deveau ( @EdwardPDeveau ), about why this could help law enforcement in the 21stcentury; and Kade Crawford ( @onekade ), director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the ACLU of Massachusetts, who is concerned this approach could be an invasion of privacy.