If it’s used in supplement to an actual report or as part of an investigation of a crime identified or reported in another manner, I can see some use to it.
But as an initial reason to go look into a possible shooting, I disagree with it entirely. If it were used as a means to send potential medical aid to a location, it could be also be beneficial. But sending law enforcement is the wrong response, imo. We would need to rework our first responder system though and stop sending police to every fucking thing.
owen@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I absolutely agree that it’s being used in a terrible way, I just think it’s valuable to get a relatively precise location when deploying the first response - so I can accept the development of such a technology