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ShotSpotter

Incidents involved as Developer

Incident 11215 Report
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 Report
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 4465 Report
ShotSpotter Failed to Alert Authorities of Mass Shooting in North Carolina

2023-01-01

ShotSpotter did not detect gunshots and alert Durham police of a drive-by shooting in Durham, North Carolina which left five people in hospital on New Year's Day.

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Incident 2574 Report
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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Related Entities
Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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Troy Police Department

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

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Entity

Syracuse Police Department

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

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Entity

San Francisco Police Department

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

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Entity

San Antonio Police Department

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

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Entity

New York City Police Department

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

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Entity

Fall River Police Department

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

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Entity

Chicago Police Department

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

  • Incident 255
    9 Reports

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

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Entity

Troy residents

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

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Entity

Syracuse residents

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

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Entity

San Francisco residents

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

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Entity

San Antonio residents

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

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Entity

New York City residents

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

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Entity

Fall River residents

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

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Entity

Chicago Residents

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 112
    15 Reports

    Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful

  • Incident 637
    1 Report

    Gunshot Detection Technology ShotSpotter (now SoundThinking) Reportedly Only Has 47% Accuracy in Chicago System

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Entity

Michael Williams

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 255
    9 Reports

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

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Entity

Chicago drivers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 256
    1 Report

    DUI Arrest Case Allegedly Based Only on ShotSpotter's Alert

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Entity

Kansas City Police Department

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 257
    4 Reports

    Police Reportedly Deployed ShotSpotter Sensors Disproportionately in Neighborhoods of Color

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Entity

Cleveland Division of Police

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 257
    4 Reports

    Police Reportedly Deployed ShotSpotter Sensors Disproportionately in Neighborhoods of Color

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Entity

Atlanta Police Department

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 257
    4 Reports

    Police Reportedly Deployed ShotSpotter Sensors Disproportionately in Neighborhoods of Color

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Entity

neighborhoods of color

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 257
    4 Reports

    Police Reportedly Deployed ShotSpotter Sensors Disproportionately in Neighborhoods of Color

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Entity

Brown communities

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 257
    4 Reports

    Police Reportedly Deployed ShotSpotter Sensors Disproportionately in Neighborhoods of Color

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Entity

Black communities

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 257
    4 Reports

    Police Reportedly Deployed ShotSpotter Sensors Disproportionately in Neighborhoods of Color

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Entity

Adam Toledo

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 257
    4 Reports

    Police Reportedly Deployed ShotSpotter Sensors Disproportionately in Neighborhoods of Color

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Entity

Rochester Police Department

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 429
    4 Reports

    Unreliable ShotSpotter Audio Convicted Black Rochester Man of Shooting Police

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Entity

Silvon Simmons

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 429
    4 Reports

    Unreliable ShotSpotter Audio Convicted Black Rochester Man of Shooting Police

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Entity

Durham Police Department

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 446
    5 Reports

    ShotSpotter Failed to Alert Authorities of Mass Shooting in North Carolina

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 446
    5 Reports

    ShotSpotter Failed to Alert Authorities of Mass Shooting in North Carolina

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Entity

mass shooting victims

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 446
    5 Reports

    ShotSpotter Failed to Alert Authorities of Mass Shooting in North Carolina

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Entity

Durham residents

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 446
    5 Reports

    ShotSpotter Failed to Alert Authorities of Mass Shooting in North Carolina

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Entity

SoundThinking

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 637
    1 Report

    Gunshot Detection Technology ShotSpotter (now SoundThinking) Reportedly Only Has 47% Accuracy in Chicago System

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Entity

General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 637
    1 Report

    Gunshot Detection Technology ShotSpotter (now SoundThinking) Reportedly Only Has 47% Accuracy in Chicago System

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Chicago Minority Communities

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 637
    1 Report

    Gunshot Detection Technology ShotSpotter (now SoundThinking) Reportedly Only Has 47% Accuracy in Chicago System

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