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![Is shot spotter reliable enough? Critics question human equation behind technology](https://res.cloudinary.com/pai/image/upload/f_auto/q_auto/c_fill,h_480/v1/reports/www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/698ae489868a9ad6cf87a3e9153a8d03f887ac3c/c=39-0-1326-727/local/-/media/2017/11/14/Rochester/Rochester/636462794672778987-IRP-Screenshot-with-ALL.jpg)
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For Rochester police, the gunfire detection system known as ShotSpotter has been a valuable tool, alerting them to possible shootings and speeding up the police response time.
But, more than that, the system — which tries to locate gunfire …
![Judge tosses conviction of man accused of shooting at cop](https://res.cloudinary.com/pai/image/upload/f_auto/q_auto/c_fill,h_480/v1/reports/www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/621ecae1af5a774ce3224cd456d8cd5868144a41/c=0-18-2167-1242/local/-/media/2018/01/11/Rochester/Rochester/636512706800040447-TY-011118-REVERSE-SILVON-SIMMONS.jpg)
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In a courtroom full of blue, with dozens of uniformed Rochester police officers watching, a judge Thursday reversed the criminal conviction of a man once accused of attempting to murder a city police officer.
County Court Judge Christopher …
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By the time Officer Joseph Ferrigno shot a Black man from behind, court records show, the Rochester cop had drawn at least 23 misconduct complaints in nearly nine years on the force.
One came from a woman who said Ferrigno, a burly hockey p…
![Key findings from series on Silvon Simmons, who was shot by Rochester police](https://res.cloudinary.com/pai/image/upload/f_auto/q_auto/c_fill,h_480/v1/reports/www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/5764ed800604f66203b74a4fab3d025a87a20094/c=0-1036-1439-1849/local/-/media/2018/01/11/Rochester/Rochester/636512710086045511-TY-011118-Silvon-Simmons-B.jpg)
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ROCHESTER, NY — The man who was shot by a Rochester police officer in 2016 in what police alleged was a gunfire exchange, is now the subject of a three-part investigative series.
Reuters published a three-part narrative on the April 2016 sh…