Shots Fired: Congressional Letter Questions DHS Funding of ShotSpotter
WEBMay 20, 2024 · Congress members have sent a letter calling on the Department of Homeland Security to investigate how it provides funding to local police to deploy ShotSpotter amid reports of its inefficacy and racially-targeted locations.
ShotSpotter Keeps Listening for Gunfire After Contracts Expire
WEBApr 24, 2024 · ShotSpotter is suing two former employees who the company alleges posted confidential company information on Twitter after one was fired in November.
Gunshot detection company contests ACLU's claims about the …
WEBJun 14, 2024 · In the May letter, four legislators said ShotSpotter’s sensor placement in Black and Brown communities could be contributing to overpolicing, basing some of their research around an ACLU of Massachusetts report. The legislators — Sen. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts, Sen. Ron …
ShotSpotter - Wikipedia
WEBShotSpotter was founded by Robert Showen in the 1990s while he was working for SRI International.He created a company in 1996 and tested prototypes in Redwood City, California.Its early success was described by Wired as being "due to good PR, not good technology." James Beldock joined as CEO in 2003 as a "turnaround specialist"; in 2005 the company merged with Centurist Systems, which was ...
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WEBMay 14, 2024 · ShotSpotter is an acoustic gunshot detection system that purportedly allows law enforcement to accurately detect and locate gunshot incidents.
Here Are the Secret Locations of ShotSpotter Gunfire Sensors
WEBFeb 22, 2024 · Now, a WIRED analysis of data leaked from the company reveals the secret locations of ShotSpotter sensors around the globe and the US communities most directly impacted by the surveillance.
US Justice Department Urged to Investigate Gunshot Detector ... - WIRED
WEBSep 28, 2023 · Ron Wyden, a leading privacy hawk in the US Senate, tells WIRED that he planned to urge Garland to adopt EPIC’s recommendations.
President of company that makes ShotSpotter pushes back on …
WEBMay 17, 2024 · BOSTON (WHDH) - The president of the company that makes the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system on Friday pushed back against criticism of his company’s product, days after federal lawmakers...
Wyden, Colleagues Urge DHS to Investigate Federal Funding of ...
WEBMay 14, 2024 · Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he and three congressional colleagues are urging the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General to investigate the department’s grant funding spent on the ShotSpotter acoustic gunshot detection system, including whether the use of …
State and US lawmakers call for probe into ShotSpotter system
WEBMay 16, 2024 · In a joint letter to Joseph V. Cuffari, inspector general of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Sens. Edward J. Markey, Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden, D-Oregon; and U.S. Rep. Ayanna...