Elected officials and the public are at odds about the effectiveness and reliability of the system that uses groups of sensors placed in communities as a public safety tool.
On the radio this morning, they claimed an accuracy of 30%, which they made seem low, but I thought it was surprisingly high. Regardless of the actual number, fire alarm activations have presumably similar accuracy rates, but nobody blinks an eye at those.
Nobody blinks an eye at those because the response you get is not going to be multiple police aiming guns at you and possibly shooting you because they incorrectly think you are armed.
And let’s not presume. Do you have actual figures?
On the radio this morning, they claimed an accuracy of 30%, which they made seem low, but I thought it was surprisingly high. Regardless of the actual number, fire alarm activations have presumably similar accuracy rates, but nobody blinks an eye at those.
Nobody blinks an eye at those because the response you get is not going to be multiple police aiming guns at you and possibly shooting you because they incorrectly think you are armed.
And let’s not presume. Do you have actual figures?