Maybe more effective than traffic barrels?

[The Heretic]

Portland green lights hidden microphones to combat gun violence

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has decided to move forward with a controversial technology that claims to detect and pinpoint gunshots throughout the city.

www.opb.org

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[solv3nt]

Portland green lights hidden microphones to combat gun violence

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has decided to move forward with a controversial technology that claims to detect and pinpoint gunshots throughout the city.

www.opb.org

I'm not sure that's going to keep a gang banger hell bent on murdering someone from firing a shot. I'm no gang banger, but I don't think that will make a difference.

 

[dangerranger60]

This will be great for pinpointing where the shots were fired from. But who are they sending to stop this!
Is this where the Social workers come in? DR

 

[Yarome]

I'm not sure that's going to keep a gang banger hell bent on murdering someone from firing a shot. I'm no gang banger, but I don't think that will make a difference.

Better than blowing a quarter mil and more on "calming" barrels... I think, yes. Is it an effective use of money, in principle, and will it stop bangers from banging... I think, not.

Will it infringe on peoples rights more than it helps.... most definately!!

From that article, anyway, it's concerning that the main product of that system was an increase in stop and frisks and.. "And in California, prosecutors used audio conversations recorded using ShotSpotter microphones as evidence in criminal trials."

Not a great track record for the money and wasting LEO's time chasing ghosts when... "90% of ShotSpotter alerts lead police to find no evidence to corroborate gunfire when police arrive at the location ShotSpotter sent them."

Of course, portlandia probably sees audio surveillance of it's citizens as the biggest positive by-product of the system. I bet they go for it.

 

[bcp]

This (if it works) will tell where shots are fired.

How many shootings are in unknown locations? Is this the real problem?

Bruce

 

[Alexx1401]

Sounds great exempt since they do not want to arrest people, do not want to keep scum in jail, do all they can to run off Cops, what is this supposed to "fix"?

 

[Yarome]

Interesting...

It’s Time for Police to Stop Using ShotSpotter

Update (October 22): Earlier this month, SpotSpotter filed a lawsuit alleging that the Vice report linked below contains false and defamatory statements.Court documents recently reviewed by VICE have revealed that ShotSpotter, a company that makes and sells audio gunshot detection to cities and...

www.eff.org

 

[Hayharnel]

Maybe lock up the criminals doing all the shootings, and all of the felons in possession? These are already laws on the books that they don't enforce!

 

[solv3nt]

I'm pretty sure the system is much more expensive than the calming barrels. But you know, whenever I get a barrel of whiskey, I'm much more calmer.

 

[Yarome]

Here's a real wildhairbrained idea. If portlandia has all that spare money burning a hole in their pockets for crime prevention... fund the police and hire more officers(?)

I know... I know... crazy, hu!?

 

[Cavedweller]

If a shot is fired and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

 

[Hayharnel]

Does a bear shoot in the woods? Lmao

 

[solv3nt]

If a shot is fired and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound was it actually fired?

Fixed it for you.

 

[solv3nt]

Does a bear shoot in the woods? Lmao

I want to know why the founders were so obsessed with arming bears.

 

[nwslopoke]

I didn't see the cost of the "pilot program". Not that it matters because it's only tax money. This is little better than a chalk line. It's after the fact. At best it can draw police to where the shooting was. It doesn't stop anything.

I'm sure as always, there is a small number of people causing the vast majority of problems. Arrest them or run them out of the state. Rinse and repeat until the problem goes away.

 

[solv3nt]

I didn't see the cost of the "pilot program". Not that it matters because it's only tax money. This is little better than a chalk line. It's after the fact. At best it can draw police to where the shooting was. It doesn't stop anything.

I'm sure as always, there is a small number of people causing the vast majority of problems. Arrest them or run them out of the state. Rinse and repeat until the problem goes away.

If ShotSpotter constantly misfires, what’s Chicago getting for its $33 million?

A new analysis says police officers who respond to ShotSpotter calls come back empty — no crime detected — 86% of the time.

www.google.com

 

[Yarome]

"A recent study of Chicago showed how, over the span of 21 months, ShotSpotter sent police to dead-end reports of shots fired over 40,000 times"

Overtaxing what few LEO's they have running around chasing their tails... I find that concerning. Of course, it's Portlandia and keeping officers distracted with "busy work" certainly does help to further the soft on crime agenda.

 

[Yarome]

If ShotSpotter constantly misfires, what’s Chicago getting for its $33 million?

A new analysis says police officers who respond to ShotSpotter calls come back empty — no crime detected — 86% of the time.

www.google.com

Registration wall. What's it say? (if the headline wasn't enough.. $33mil????)

 

[solv3nt]

"A recent study of Chicago showed how, over the span of 21 months, ShotSpotter sent police to dead-end reports of shots fired over 40,000 times"

Overtaxing what few LEO's they have running around chasing their tails... I find that concerning. Of course, it's Portlandia and keeping officers distracted with "busy work" certainly does help to further the soft on crime agenda.

It's not like cops are supposed to chase after criminals or anything.

 

[Member 53328]

Trying to diagnose/fix symptoms….

Instead of identifying and treating the problem…..

Politicians are idiots.