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.

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Alleged: ShotSpotter developed an AI system deployed by Chicago Police Department, which harmed Chicago drivers.

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Incident ID
256
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2021-11-07
Editors
Khoa Lam

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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.