Incident 256: DUI Arrest Case Allegedly Based Only on ShotSpotter's Alert
Description: A car stop resulting in a DUI arrest of its driver was allegedly based solely on a ShotSpotter alert, the reliability of which came into question by public defenders, who subpoenaed the company to assess its gunshot alert system.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: ShotSpotter developed an AI system deployed by Chicago Police Department, which harmed Chicago drivers.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
256
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2021-11-07
Editors
Khoa Lam
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On Friday, an attorney representing ShotSpotter, a gunshot-detection technology company, made the unusual request that a judge in a criminal case hold the company in contempt of court to prevent ShotSpotter from being compelled to release d…
Variants
A "variant" is an incident that shares the same causative factors, produces similar harms, and involves the same intelligent systems as a known AI incident. Rather than index variants as entirely separate incidents, we list variations of incidents under the first similar incident submitted to the database. Unlike other submission types to the incident database, variants are not required to have reporting in evidence external to the Incident Database. Learn more from the research paper.