Boston Police Records Show Nearly 70 Percent of ShotSpotter …
WEBApr 8, 2024 · According to city records, Boston has spent over $4 million on ShotSpotter since 2012, deploying the technology mostly in communities of color. Despite the hefty price tag, in nearly 70 percent of ShotSpotter alerts, police found no evidence of gunfire.
Shot Spotter – Boston Police Department
WEBImplemented by the Boston Police Department in 2007, Shot Spotter serves as an acoustical technology that precisely locates where the area where gunshots have been fired provides immediate notification. On average, notifications arrive one to two minutes before 911 calls. Sometimes, notifications arrive without a 911 call. This state-of-the-art
ShotSpotter in the cross hairs - CommonWealth Beacon
WEBMay 15, 2024 · The debate landed in Boston on Monday, where Police Commissioner Michael Cox faced tough questions at a City Council budget hearing about the city’s use of ShotSpotter, the brand name of the gun detection system the city has used since 2007.
ShotSpotter: Controversial gunshot detection tech faces scrutiny
WEBMay 20, 2024 · What is ShotSpotter? Controversial gunshot detection technology facing increasing scrutiny. Critics doubt the system's accuracy and say sensors are concentrated in minority communities. Police...
Boston’s surveillance report is a ‘huge deal,’ says ACLU of Mass ...
WEBJul 31, 2024 · Crockford: We analyzed Boston police records from a two-year period that showed that in nearly 70% of cases when ShotSpotter alerted Boston police to deploy to a neighborhood, the responding officers did not find evidence of gunfire.
Gunshot detection company contests ACLU's claims about the …
WEBJun 14, 2024 · The ACLU of Massachusetts’ report said that in nearly 70% percent of ShotSpotter alerts in Boston from 2020-2022, police found no evidence of gunfire.
New report details how surveillance tech is used in Boston
WEBJul 25, 2024 · ShotSpotter is used in many Massachusetts cities, including Boston. The legislators were concerned that the system can have a high error rate and could lead to “over-deployment” in...
Amid pushback, Boston Mayor Wu backs police use of ShotSpotter …
WEBMay 24, 2024 · Several city councilors had been pushing for a delay given the concerns raised in a report issued last month by the American Civil Liberties Union, which, citing public records from the Boston...
13 Mass. municipalities and 1 university use ShotSpotter. Critics ...
WEBMay 21, 2024 · Boston police on patrol earlier this month say they heard “several loud bangs,” confirmed by a gunfire locator service called ShotSpotter, leading them to arrests of a Roxbury man on firearm charges.
ShotSpotter gunfire detection technology helping safety? - NBC Boston
WEBApr 10, 2024 · Now, a new report by the ACLU of Massachusetts is raising questions about the effectiveness of ShotSpotter. The ACLU said it analyzed 1,300 reports it obtained from Boston Police for so-called ShotSpotter activations between 2020 and 2022.
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