The only problem ShotSpotter solves is not enough public money into private hands. What information does it actually give the police, even assuming that it is 100% accurate?
At a certain time and place a gun was fired. Great? Who cares. That isn’t worth $1million/mo.
If there are 3 people in the general location and time that a gun was fired, what has shotspotter done to help?Fortunately Chicago is getting rid of this finally. https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/02/22/shotspotter-contract-cost-mayor-brandon-johnson-cancel-extension-summer
And, it gives cops another excuse to overpolice Black and brown neighborhoods.
Maybe I missed it but the article actually does not tell/show you where these secret locations are. A red dot on a map that doesn’t zoom in well enough is kinda useless.
https://0.jaegers.net/?966fe7e5869f728e#6dzfJbegSNHvhWEjrbBexiizB1cS4XTaJWhdpET8fKVU
Article tells you it all… if you know where to go! (was just sitting in the JS)
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I kept the default expiration.
The data there is what was in the JS. I just pulled it out and ran it through a formatting tool so it can be consumed more easily by humans.
Muricans do everything but forbid guns
