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Portland auditor opens investigation into ShotSpotter for lobbying violations
- trynewideas 4y agoPreviously: "ShotSpotter requests to be held in contempt rather than disclose its methodology" discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32258854 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32258854 "ShotSpotter defamation lawsuit against Vice has been dismissed" discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31958201 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31958201 "Lobbying and lawsuits: How ShotSpotter convinced Portland to spend big on gunshot detection", OPB: https://www.opb.org/article/2022/11/07/shotspotter-convinced-portland-spend-big-controversial-gunshot-detection-technology/ https://www.opb.org/article/2022/11/07/shotspotter-convinced..., "How ShotSpotter fights criticism and leverages federal cash to win police contracts", NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/shotspotter-police-gunshot-technology-federal-grants-rcna13815 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/shotspotter-police-guns... "Deployment of Controversial Urban Sensor System Aided by Aggressive Lobbying", The Intercept: https://theintercept.com/2015/03/26/rapid-deployment-shotspotter-controversial-urban-microphone-system-aided-aggressive-lobbying/ https://theintercept.com/2015/03/26/rapid-deployment-shotspo...