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Police Department aims to install gunshot detection technology in parts of the city. The agency is asking for City Council ...
ShotSpotter sets up a series of acoustic microphone sensors, generally in areas identified by cities as experiencing high gun crime. “They wait for that dynamic event, a bang, boom, or a pop ...
"Just because ShotSpotter is free does not mean that we should place microphones all across our community, particularly in communities of color, to surveil people," he said. It's especially ...
In six Detroit neighborhoods, the reason crime has declined seems clear. But the programs responsible for the drop are in ...
as the department was trying win Detroit City Council approval of police technology initiatives including an expansion of Shotspotter, which detects gunfire via strategically placed microphones in ...
"Just because ShotSpotter is free does not mean that we should place microphones all across our community, particularly in communities of color, to surveil people," he said. It's especially ...
Tracy credited various reasons for the decline here last year, including the increased use of technology such as ShotSpotter that uses microphones to pinpoint gunfire. He also cited violence ...