ShotSpotter is inaccurate and unreliable. The amount of reflections you get in an urban environment make it very difficult to triangulate the source of a sound. It is falsely triggered by many sounds that are not gunshots such as fireworks and vehicles backfiring. Also, ShotSpotter costs a ridiculous amount of money that could be better spent on more police training and more patrols.
owen@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
These are good point.
Municipal government really shouldn’t be signing the city up for expensive bullshit when there’s so many basics to take care of…