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(Snippet Text: The system was suppose to become attuned to the way sounds were heard in Troy's streets and differentiate among the brakes of a truck climbing the Hoosic Street hill, from a firecracker, actual shots and any other noise., Related Classifications: Gunshot Detection), (Snippet Text: It was expected to take a full year to fine-tune the acoustic devices so it would pick out the gunshots from other sounds. Tedesco said that never occurred. , Related Classifications: Gunshot Detection), (Snippet Text: The system records all loud noises, Greene said. The computer uses at least three microphones to locate the gunshot within a 25-meter radius. Then, at SST’s location in Newark, staff reviews each report to make sure the computer flags only gunshots., Related Classifications: Audio Localization, Snippet Discussion: Does the staff just curate data for learning?)
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TROY — The cops on the beat, the brass and the mayor all agree that the high-tech listening system that's supposed to identify the location of gunshots is ineffective.
That's why the city has decided to get rid of the ShotSpotter system at …
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The accuracy of gunshot detection technology used by San Francisco police has been called into question as part of an attempted murder trial of a man accused of shooting at a car full of people in 2016.
While the trial of Michael Reed in co…
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In his campaign to win re-election and convince voters he was tough on crime, Councilman Alan Warrick never missed a chance to bring up ShotSpotter, a pricey gunfire detection system he championed for his East Side district.
Of the 10 counc…
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The Fall River Police Department and ShotSpotter, the $120,000-a-year gunshot detection system, have officially parted ways.
FALL RIVER - The Fall River Police Department and ShotSpotter, the $120,000-a-year gunshot detection system, have o…
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MacArthur Justice Center study finds City’s use of ShotSpotter is inaccurate, expensive and dangerous
CHICAGO – A new study of Chicago’s use of ShotSpotter, a surveillance system designed to detect gunfire, finds that the vast majority of a…
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A critical report on the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system issued today by the City of Chicago’s Inspector General (IG) is the latest indication of deep problems with the gunshot detection company and its technology, incl…
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The New York City and Chicago police departments spend millions of dollars a year on gunshot detection technology that a privacy group argues is ineffective and invasive.
The departments pay ShotSpotter Inc. for technology that uses microph…
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Syracuse, N.Y. – A report came out last week that criticizes gunshot detection technology used by cities across the country - including Syracuse - as ineffective, wasting officers’ time and targeting overpoliced communities.
The Surveillan…
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(TNS) — A report came out last week that criticizes gunshot detection technology used by cities across the country - including Syracuse - as ineffective, wasting officers’ time and targeting overpoliced communities.
The Surveillance Technol…
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Portland city officials last week quietly reversed course on a decision to avoid a competitive bid process and launch a gunshot detection pilot program with ShotSpotter, a company critics say dramatically oversells its capabilities.
Portlan…
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What’s being presented by ShotSpotter as good news for people who feel they’ve been wrongly accused, doesn’t actually appear to be all that comforting.
ShotSpotter’s mic tech and AI combine forces to report possible gunshots to law enforcem…
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The Shotspotter acoustic gunshot detection system will eventually come back to Hollister City Council for a vote. If approved, the first year will cost nearly $50,000 to monitor one square mile of the city.
Editor’s note: This article was u…
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In 2017, Chicago police began to slowly expand a vast network of microphones mounted atop lampposts and utility poles---the electronic ears of the controversial gunshot detection technology ShotSpotter. This coincided with the creation of n…
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