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Chicago Police Department

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer

Incident 43310 Reports
Chicago Police's Strategic Subject List Reportedly Biased Along Racial Lines

2012-08-01

Chicago Police Department (CPD)'s Strategic Subject List as output of an algorithm purportedly to identify victims or perpetrators of violence was reportedly ineffective, easily abused, and biased against low-income communities of color.

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Incident 11213 Reports
Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

2012-10-09

ShotSpotter algorithmic systems locating gunshots were reported by police departments for containing high false positive rates and wasting police resources, prompting discontinuation.

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Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 11213 Reports
Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

2012-10-09

ShotSpotter algorithmic systems locating gunshots were reported by police departments for containing high false positive rates and wasting police resources, prompting discontinuation.

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Incident 2559 Reports
Unreliable ShotSpotter Audio Previously Used to Convict Chicago Man in Murder Case

2020-05-31

ShotSpotter audios were previously admitted to convict an innocent Black man in a murder case in Chicago, resulted in his nearly-one-year-long arrest before being dismissed by prosecutors as insufficient evidence.

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Incident 2574 Reports
Police Reportedly Deployed ShotSpotter Sensors Disproportionately in Neighborhoods of Color

2012-05-04

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 2561 Report
DUI Arrest Case Allegedly Based Only on ShotSpotter's Alert

2021-11-07

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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