Data rich, results poor: Is Cleveland wasting money on ShotSpotter? [More]
How many times do we need to answer that?
[Via JG]
Tag: ShotSpotter
And They Say There are No Stupid Questions
Is ShotSpotter Effective? [More]
I’ve run into this VerBruggen character before.
I see he hasn’t learned a thing.
Figures the neocons all think he’s swell.
[Via Michael G]
Still Useless After All These Years
2 charged in connection to deadly mass shooting outside Minneapolis school… Police said ShotSpotter detected 30 rounds that had been fired. [More]
So, it stopped nothing, played no part in capturing the two suspected henchpersons, and “Bino” is still at large…
It’s always worked about as well as everything else that Chipman character has tried to sell.
[Via Dan Gifford]
A Public/Private Partnership
Gun-detection technology has been installed at more than 200 Utah schools… “The test will involve a representative from ZeroEyes, wearing a safety vest and carrying an Airsoft rifle and an Airsoft pistol,” meant to be visible to security cameras inside and outside an unspecified number of Ogden schools, the notice reads. [More]
So, all you need is a trench coat…?
And this promises to be every bit the boondoggle as ShotSpotter…?
I guess when there’s money to spend, actual effective solutions can be avoided.
On the plus side, it ought to give school resource officers plenty of options for hunkering down…
[Via Steve T]
Blinding Us with Science
St. Louis Board of Aldermen begin hearing on police technology [More]
Translation: They have no clue on what to do so they’re just going to throw money at stuff constituents dumb enough to vote for them don’t understand anyway, but it looks like they’re actually doing something proactive.
“ShotSpotter”… good grief.
[Via bondmen]
A Public/Private Partnership
Federal prosecutors seek records from company that deployed AI weapons scanner on NYC subway… In October, the city revealed the scanners did not detect any passengers with firearms — but falsely alerted more than 100 times. [More]
Sounds every bit the economic fascism boondogle ShotSpotter has proven to be…
[Via Steve T]
And Your Point Is?
The Incredible Disappearing Company
Mayor Johnson rejects plan to keep ShotSpotter; company to remove gunshot sensors [More]
Look at the past three years and ask at what point do investors start triggering alerts?
[Via DDS]
Speaking of ‘Overrepresentation’…
In 70% Black Birmingham, 2,164 Gunshot Fired in 80% Black Neighborhood (East Lake) in 2023 — Neighborhood Has Only 2, 794 Residents… [More]
What more proof do you need that ShotSpotter is racist…?
[Via Keith B]
Bipolar in Florida
TPD renews gunshot detection system as NYC audit casts doubt on ShotSpotter accuracy [More]
Despite the fact that “in more than 80 percent of its activations, no one called 911.”
What else would we expect from a Bloomberg city, which makes this all the more difficult to explain…
[Via Edmund M]
We’re the Only Ones Crying Wolf Enough
ShotSpotter technology sends NYPD after false alarms 87% of the time, report finds [More]
All that and it’s racist, too? 13% seems kind of coincidental…
I wonder if Giffords will feel any blowback from their affiliation with a former promoter…?
[Via Jess]
We’re the Only Ones Optional Enough
We’re the Only Ones Unhurried Enough
Residents criticize SLMPD for 13-minute response to shooting [More]
Why did it even need to be called in, with ShotSpotter on the job…?
It’s also fair to ask what personal choices Precious Jones, who “started the Breaking Generational Poverty Foundation in hopes of stopping gun violence,” and her family could have made differently over the years.
[Via bondmen]
Markey and Warren Throw Fellow Gun Banners Under Bus
So, if we’re to believe Markey, Warren, and Pressley, MAIG cities are using racist technology to over police and violate Black and Latino civil rights. [More]
When leftist priorities collide…
The Jokes Just Write Themselves
Cui Bono?
However, this week saw a particularly confusing moment when, after calling the anti-crime program ShotSpotter “racist,” Johnson asked the company to extend its contract beyond the upcoming Democratic National Convention. [More]
But he seemed so adamant…
I wonder what “per$uaded” a change of heart to break a campaign pledge and extend racism… ?
Forget it, Jale. It’s Chi-Town.
[Via bondmen]
FraudSpotters
Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Tuesday that he won’t renew the city’s controversial contract with ShotSpotter, making good on a key campaign promise to do away with the gunshot detection system that has come under heavy fire for allegedly being overly costly and ineffective. [More]
Kinda like what David Chipman would have brought to ATF…
Man, when even Chi-Town Democrats get it…
Long Shots
Seattle greenlights controversial gunfire detection technology amid rising gun violence [More]
The definition of insanity writ large… plus it’s racist!
I wonder what Harrell gets out of the deal.
[Via Steve T]
Unsound Thinking
In 33% White Chicago, Non-Whites Mad Because ShotSpotter Technology Proves Black and Brown People Are Responsible for All Gun Violence [More]
So there are tangible results after all?
Forget it, Jake. It’s Chi-Town.
[Via Keith B]
The Going Rate
Cities with the Biggest Homicide Rate Problems [More]
There ought to be a chart showing how many are Bloomberg cities and how all of the problem districts are Democrat strongholds.
And I’m not impressed with “experts” who profess the answer is more Big Brother, unsound thinking, and denial of the obvious.
