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The system, which relies on an artificial intelligence algorithm and network of microphones to identify gunshots, has been criticized for inaccuracy, racial bias and law enforcement misuse.
The city plans to wind down use of ShotSpotter technology by late September.
https://apnews.com/article/shotspotter-chicago-gunshot-technology-mayor-f9a1b24d97a1f1efb80296dbe9aff1ed
ShotSpotter is a surveillance tool used disproportionately in communities of color.
Because that's where most of the gunshots occur.
In Milwaukee, which has spent millions in taxpayer dollars since 2010 to implement the system, we now know that sensors are present exclusively in the North and South sides of the city– in predominantly Black and Latinx communities – while ShotSpotter is nowhere to be found in majority-white neighborhoods.
https://www.aclu-wi.org/en/news/shotspotter-leak-shows-surveillance-tech-used-overpolice-black-and-brown-communities
The city plans to wind down use of ShotSpotter technology by late September.
https://apnews.com/article/shotspotter-chicago-gunshot-technology-mayor-f9a1b24d97a1f1efb80296dbe9aff1ed
ShotSpotter is a surveillance tool used disproportionately in communities of color.
Because that's where most of the gunshots occur.
In Milwaukee, which has spent millions in taxpayer dollars since 2010 to implement the system, we now know that sensors are present exclusively in the North and South sides of the city– in predominantly Black and Latinx communities – while ShotSpotter is nowhere to be found in majority-white neighborhoods.
https://www.aclu-wi.org/en/news/shotspotter-leak-shows-surveillance-tech-used-overpolice-black-and-brown-communities
