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Tracy Rosenberg<p>&quot;Of the more than 75,000 gunfire alerts the city’s <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ShotSpotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ShotSpotter</span></a> system has generated since 2015, the New York City Police Department was only able to confirm that 16.57 percent of them were actual gunfire, as opposed to fireworks, construction, or other loud sounds&quot; <a href="https://gizmodo.com/the-nypds-fancy-gunshot-detector-is-almost-completely-useless-2000534171" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/the-nypds-fancy-gu</span><span class="invisible">nshot-detector-is-almost-completely-useless-2000534171</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Shotspotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shotspotter</span></a> gun detection microphones have been in the news lately. Are they the life-saving tech proponents claim or flawed junk that doesn&#39;t work and sends gun-blazing cops in circles around low-income communities?. We made a video to get you up to speed on the debate. <a href="https://youtu.be/_jJfQpnnh6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/_jJfQpnnh6</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>Chicago mayor acts to decommission expensive and useless police tech and demand real results. Good for him. &quot;“The ultimate goal is to deploy resources on the most effective strategies and tactics proven to accelerate the current downward trend in violent crime,” Johnson’s statement said. “We have to explore better options that save more lives.” <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Shotspotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shotspotter</span></a> <a href="https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/shotspotter-set-to-be-decommissioned-at-midnight-whats-next/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/sh</span><span class="invisible">otspotter-set-to-be-decommissioned-at-midnight-whats-next/</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>&quot;In reality, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ShotSpotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ShotSpotter</span></a> provides a single service: it initiates police deployments in response to loud sounds. Despite the lack of any conclusive evidence of ShotSpotter’s efficacy at reducing or solving <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>crimes</span></a> the city of Chicago has spent nearly $50 million on this technology&quot;. <a href="https://inquest.org/safety-from-surveillance/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquest.org/safety-from-survei</span><span class="invisible">llance/</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>&quot;&quot;I think it is a gimmick,&quot; Whitmire told the Chronicle on Wednesday. &quot;I think it was cooked up by contractors and,it doesn&#39;t do any good.&quot; <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Shotspotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shotspotter</span></a> <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/john-whitmire-soundthinking-public-safety-crime-19483163.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">houstonchronicle.com/politics/</span><span class="invisible">houston/article/john-whitmire-soundthinking-public-safety-crime-19483163.php</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>An audit of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Shotspotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shotspotter</span></a> claims in Chicago show that most of the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/gunfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gunfire</span></a> alerts did have corresponding 911 calls. &quot;Of the 115 events reviewed, which covers a four-year span, only eight (7%) had no corresponding call&quot;. <a href="https://www.peoplesfabric.com/blog/cpd-shotspotter-lives-saved-list-includes-at-least-one-dead-man-other-misleading-wins" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">peoplesfabric.com/blog/cpd-sho</span><span class="invisible">tspotter-lives-saved-list-includes-at-least-one-dead-man-other-misleading-wins</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>Apparently <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Shotspotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shotspotter</span></a> is the Hotel California of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>police</span></a> tech: you can cancel the contract but the outdoor <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/microphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>microphones</span></a> remain. <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/shotspotter-keeps-listening-contracts-expire/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/shotspotter-ke</span><span class="invisible">eps-listening-contracts-expire/</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Shotspotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shotspotter</span></a> president Ralph Clark compares his technology to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Guantanamo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Guantanamo</span></a> and suggests Chicago mayor Johnson should break his pledge to end the contract like Obama failed to close Guantanamo. <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/06/q-a-with-shotspotter-ceo-00156223" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/newsletters/illin</span><span class="invisible">ois-playbook/2024/05/06/q-a-with-shotspotter-ceo-00156223</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>More evidence from Boston that <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Shotspotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shotspotter</span></a> just runs <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>police</span></a> around in circles. <a href="https://data.aclum.org/2024/04/08/boston-shotspotter/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">data.aclum.org/2024/04/08/bost</span><span class="invisible">on-shotspotter/</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>Durham, North Carolina ends <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Shotspotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shotspotter</span></a> contract. <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/durham-county/article286244685.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsobserver.com/news/local/co</span><span class="invisible">unties/durham-county/article286244685.html</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>Chicago PD fires bullets at a child with fireworks after faulty <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Shotspotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shotspotter</span></a> alert. <a href="https://jinxpress.org/no-its-just-fireworks-chicago-cop-opens-fire-on-child-with-fireworks-after-shotspotter-gunshot-alert/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jinxpress.org/no-its-just-fire</span><span class="invisible">works-chicago-cop-opens-fire-on-child-with-fireworks-after-shotspotter-gunshot-alert/</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>&quot;Nearly 70 percent of people who live in a neighborhood with at least one SoundThinking sensor identified in the ACS data as either Black or Latine. Nearly three-quarters of these neighborhoods are majority nonwhite, and the average household earns a little more than $50,000 a year&quot;. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Shotspotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shotspotter</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GunshotDetection" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GunshotDetection</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/shotspotter-secret-sensor-locations-leak/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/shotspotter-se</span><span class="invisible">cret-sensor-locations-leak/</span></a>?</p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Shotspotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shotspotter</span></a> loses their largest contract after the City of Chicago announces 9/24 termination. &quot;Johnson vowed toinvest in new resources that go after illegal guns without physically stopping and frisking Chicagoans on the street.” <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/02/13/mayor-johnson-to-end-shotspotter-deal-after-summer" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chicago.suntimes.com/2024/02/1</span><span class="invisible">3/mayor-johnson-to-end-shotspotter-deal-after-summer</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>New study on <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Shotspotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shotspotter</span></a> gun detection using Chicago data estimates that the tech &quot;causes police officers to be dispatched one-minute slower (23% increase) and arrive on-scene nearly two-minutes later (13% increase) for priority #911 calls&quot;. <a href="https://michaeltopper.netlify.app/.../jmp_michael_topper.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">michaeltopper.netlify.app/.../</span><span class="invisible">jmp_michael_topper.pdf</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>Request filed for the DOJ to look into ARPA dispensations for <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Shotspotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shotspotter</span></a> gun detection microphones as a Title IX violation since the equipment is overwhelmingly deployed in minority communities. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/shotspotter-doj-letter-epic/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/shotspotter-do</span><span class="invisible">j-letter-epic/</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>Join us on Wednesday night for an online panel with <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>surveillance</span></a> experts on the gunshot detection software <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Shotspotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shotspotter</span></a> and ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH IT. With speakers from ACLU, Lucy Parsons Lab, Freedom to Thrive and MA ED Tracy Rosenberg, on behalf of Oakland Privacy. Should be a great panel. Register with the fancy QR thingie or at the url in the image.</p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>If you want to talk about why cops are becoming so startlingly ineffective at preventing or catching <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>crime</span></a>, one culprit is gimmicky <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tech</span></a> that doesn&#39;t work well, like <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Shotspotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shotspotter</span></a>. &quot;The department has collectively spent 285 hours on ShotSpotter calls&quot; <a href="https://knock-la.com/data-shows-shotspotter-leads-to-dead-ends-and-wasted-resources-in-pasadena/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knock-la.com/data-shows-shotsp</span><span class="invisible">otter-leads-to-dead-ends-and-wasted-resources-in-pasadena/</span></a></p>
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