ShotSpotter Showdown Set Amid Fierce Debate Over Value of Gunshot Detection System
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Ald. David Moore told WTTW News he will force a vote on an order that accuses Mayor Brandon Johnson of having “usurped the will of the City Council and their ability to represent constituents” by canceling the city’s contract with SoundThinking, which operates the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system.
  • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 month ago

    I mean it’s also kind of worthless to deploy in areas with frequent gunshots. We have a similar system here in STL and all it’s done is flood the police with alerts of gunshots in areas everyone already knew were full of gunshots. in the whole county we have people shooting in the air every time the blues score, it’s not just violent crime shots

    • quindraco
      61·
      1 month ago

      Generally speaking, every shot you fire in the air is a violent crime of negligence. That bullet is going to return to Earth at still-lethal velocity, largely because no-one ever fires straight up, so really all they’re doing is making long distance shots at a target they can’t see.