responding to ShotSpotter's AI alerts rarely find evidence of gun crime
Cops responding to ShotSpotter's AI alerts rarely find evidence of gun crime, says Chicago watchdog It may hurt community policing, too Katyanna Quach Wed 25 Aug 2021 // 22:38 UTC Police responding to ShotSpotter's AI-generated alerts of gunfire find evidence of actual gun-related crime about one time in ten, a Chicago public watchdog has found. The California biz uses machine-learning algorithms to determine whether loud bangs caught by microphones deployed across more than 100 US cities are gunshots or not. If a shot is identified, the location of the noise is triangulated and sent to the police as an immediate, real-time alert, and reports are later compiled for prosecutors for use in court cases. ShotSpotter is under the microscope right now because a 65-year-old man spent almost a year behind bars awaiting trial for murder – and the primary evidence against him was a disputed ShotSpotter report of a gunshot. " style="position: ab