> It would be nice to have enough gun crime and sensor location data to see how true that is. The main thread of the article is that ShotSpotter operate withou

> It would be nice to have enough gun crime and sensor location data to see how true that is. The main thread of the article is that ShotSpotter operate without scrutiny. The problematic aspects of their deployment are the false positives... > APD received about 14,000 ShotSpotter reports last year. The accuracy of these reports, in terms of their correctly identifying gunfire, is contested. SoundThinking claims impressive statistics, but has actively resisted independent evaluation. A Chicago report found that only 11.3% of ShotSpotter reports could be confirmed as gunfire. .. and false charges > This ought to give us pause, as should the fact that ShotSpotter has been compellingly demonstrated to manipulate their "interpretation" of evidence to fit a prosecutor's narrative---even when ShotSpotter's original analysis contradicted it. Linked article: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8xbq/police-are-telling-shotspotter-to-alter-evidence-from-gunshot-detecting-ai https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8xbq/police-are-telling-sh... .. and as highlighted in another comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39577403 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39577403), cops shooting kids playing with fireworks https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/02/27/chicago-police-officer-shotspotter-alert-opened-fire-boy-lighting-fireworks https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/02/27/chicago-police...