Incident 257: Police Reportedly Deployed ShotSpotter Sensors Disproportionately in Neighborhoods of Color

Description: Police departments disproportionately placed ShotSpotter sensors in black and brown neighborhoods, which is denounced by communities for allegedly creating dangerous situations, such as one involving in Adam Toledo's death.

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Incident ID
257
Report Count
4
Incident Date
2012-05-04
Editors
Khoa Lam
ShotSpotter Generated Over 40,000 Dead-End Police Deployments in Chicago in 21 Months, According to New Study
macarthurjustice.org · 2021

MacArthur Justice Center study finds City’s use of ShotSpotter is inaccurate, expensive and dangerous

CHICAGO – A new study of Chicago’s use of ShotSpotter, a surveillance system designed to detect gunfire, finds that the vast majority of a…

Gunshot-Detecting Tech Is Summoning Armed Police to Black Neighborhoods
vice.com · 2021

The right angle formed by Belmont and North Central Park avenues forms an invisible borderline in Chicago. 

To the south and east, the residents are primarily Black and brown. To the north and west, the neighborhoods are almost all majority…

Report: ShotSpotter wastes officers time, provides little help in court, targets overpoliced communities
syracuse.com · 2022

Syracuse, N.Y. – A report came out last week that criticizes gunshot detection technology used by cities across the country - including Syracuse - as ineffective, wasting officers’ time and targeting overpoliced communities.

The Surveillan…

Report Evaluates Efficiency of Gunshot Detection Technology
govtech.com · 2022

(TNS) — A report came out last week that criticizes gunshot detection technology used by cities across the country - including Syracuse - as ineffective, wasting officers’ time and targeting overpoliced communities.

The Surveillance Technol…

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