2026-09-14 02:33 UTC
Shotspotter lets cities pull a particularly dirty redlining trick:
The company has claimed they detect gunshots and •only• gunshots with a very high accuracy rate.
Even a cursory glance at data they publish, however, suggests that they’re registering a •lot• of false positives. Which means…
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@inthehands@hachyderm.io 2026-09-14 02:37
…Shotspotter mics are going to detect “shots” wherever you put them. Which means… …whenever you see a map like this one, you’re not really just seeing a map of where people fired guns; you’re seeing a map of where they put Shotspotter mics. Which means… …a police dept or city gets to •choose• what the “shots fired” maps look like by choosing where to place the mics. They decide where the gunshots should be first, then gather the data to match. 3/