If you want to talk about why cops are becoming so startlingly ineffective at preventing or catching #crime, one culprit is gimmicky #tech that doesn't work well, like #Shotspotter. "The department has collectively spent 285 hours on ShotSpotter calls" https://knock-la.com/data-shows-shotspotter-leads-to-dead-ends-and-wasted-resources-in-pasadena/

"The only thing that brought officers to Jackson's street was a #ShotSpotter detection alerting them to gunfire, and that Jackson was "promptly detained without further investigation." https://mynbc15.com/news/local/defense-challenges-use-of-shotspotter-in-mobile

Tues 5/30 - IRS Gets Sold Out in Debt Limit Deal, ShotSpotter in a Tight Spot, TX AG Paxton Impeached, Trump Attacks Judges and Column Tuesday!

We have the debt limit deal impacts the IRS, ShotSpotter in a tight spot, the impeachment of Texas AG Paxton, Trump escalates attacks on judges and Column Tuesday!

#irs #shotspotter #paxtonimpeachment @law #lawfedi

https://www.minimumcomp.com/p/tues-530-irs-gets-sold-out-in-debt

#oakland #police #OPD
#ShotSpotter changed its name to SoundThinking!

... after the company’s stock lost 1/3 of its value following Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s election [who] promised to end the city’s deal with the company.... Chicago's inspector general found that 90% of incidents where police responded to a ShotSpotter alert, officers didn’t classify it as a gun crime.

SoundThinking’s recent growth is fueled by money from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/05/27/chicago-gun-violence-shotspotter

Emails demonstrate how surveillance vendors in general, and #Shotspotter in particular woo police departments behind the scenes. (And how OPD helped the company compete for a contract in Portland, OR on company time). https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/03/oregon-police-gunshot-detection-shotspotter?

"You know you’re f**ked when the only way out of your current SEO/PR nightmare is to distance yourself… well, from yourself". #Shotspotter #SoundThinking https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/19/shotspotter-attempts-to-memory-hole-itself-rebrands-as-soundthinking/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/controversial-software-shotspotter-gets-a-corporate-rebrand-after-stock-tanks

#ShotSpotter #DurhamNC #Chicago

RT @FREEwrites_: And for the second time, the #shotspotter contract was secretly extended in Chicago. If public input on public safety were truly valued this wouldn’t keep happening.

https://t.co/Xs4a85PkV0

And as some have already mentioned, the ShotSpotter web site is just hot trash. https://www.durhamnc.gov/4827/ShotSpotter-Durham
#Durham #NC #ShotSpotter

So I'm trying to figure out exactly what this means:
"Other records WRAL Investigates obtained show as they sought approvals for sensors, ShotSpotter wanted Durham police officers to go with them, to add 'safety' and 'legitimacy.'
"The November emails indicated Durham police did not do that, the first city not to, according to ShotSpotter."
https://www.wral.com/story/emails-show-where-durham-has-installed-shotspotter-sensors/20796443
#NC #Durham #police #DurhamNC #ShotSpotter #surveillance
I guess they also don't have all the microphones out yet. 🤷‍♂️

I already knew #LasVegas is the CCTV Capital of the World. That’s why fugitives won’t make it hiding here. However, apparently #ShotSpotter has advanced to the point where upon gunshot detection, three CCTV cameras will start recording.

Will criminals resort to using garrotes and blow darts? 😂

So the police are annoyed about how much resources it takes to follow up on all these #ShotSpotter alerts, meanwhile ShotSpotter is mocking our city government for using pronouns.

Politically, I think it's getting harder and harder for the #Durham City Council to fully fund this after the pilot.

https://www.wral.com/emails-provide-glimpse-of-tense-exchanges-between-durham-police-chief-shotspotter-reps/20740780/

#Defund #abolish #police

So after all the potential pros and cons of #shotspotter it turns out the real issue is it was foisted on employees by management with zero consideration for or input from them about how this is going to actually work in real life. Typical. #DurhamNC #ncpol https://www.wral.com/emails-provide-glimpse-of-tense-exchanges-between-durham-police-chief-shotspotter-reps/20740780/

Durham, NC installs #Shotspotter gunshot detection microphones in December. They are receiving almost 200 alerts a month, but the system has already missed three fatal shootings, including a driveby where 5 people were shot at a Subway. https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/durham-county-news/durham-police-did-not-receive-shotspotter-alerts-in-recent-deadly-shootings-officers-say/

Statement on illegal lobbying investigation of #ShotSpotter ahead of 🐦tedwheeler 🐦DanRyanPDX 🐦CommissionerRG 🐦CommRubio and 🐦Mingus4Portland deciding this month whether to install human rights violating tech in #PDX neighborhoods.

https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2023-02-17-statement-on-shotspotter-illegal-lobbying-investigation-ahead-of-portland-vote

#Shotspotter is a joke. Even as many cities reconsider & terminate contracts, for 🤷🏼some reason🤷🏼 🐦PortlandGov is gonna vote on installing?

Shameful publicity stunt that wastes resources and puts marginalized folks in danger.

QT liaholland: Deeply unclassy if 🐦TedWheeler 🐦DanRyanPDX 🐦CommissionerRG 🐦CommRubio 🐦Mingus4Portland
vote to install always-listening gunshot detection microphones w/up to 90% error rate in #PDX neighborhoods bc… https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1626628575322595328

Controversial #ShotSpotter expanded to troubled #Columbus neighborhood

https://flip.it/KCipna

@greg_doucette https://apnews.com/article/shotspotter-artificial-intelligence-investigation-9cb47bbfb565dc3ef110f92ac7f83862 In case you haven't seen this news about #shotspotter

ShotSpotter Microphones Report Gunshot Locations To Officers...

Humans Even Alter These AI Reports 10% Of The Time

+ Officers Use This System Of Flawed, Common False Alarms To Justify Random Searches Of Any Persons In Area

#ShotSpotter #guns #policing #police #tech #AI #artificialintelligence
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/01/shotspotter-employees-not-only-have-the-power-to-alter-gunshot-reports-but-do-it-nearly-10-of-the-time/

#Shotspotter, the garbage #gunshot detection software, keeps putting Black men in jail for crimes they did not commit. An internal document released in trial discovery sheds light on why this keeps happening. https://oaklandprivacy.org/shotspotter-document-shows-humans-overrule-software-based-on-100-certainty-of-mind/