Quote:
Originally Posted by galleyfox
The Shotspotter tech works quite well honestly. I’ve seen it personally in action on the streets three separate times for shooting incidents. I’ve never seen a response for fireworks.
The issue is that criminals firing into the air or in alleys, or doing drive bys against property for fun with no witnesses or victims around are extremely common.
The missing ballistic evidence turns up a year later lodged in someone’s garage half a mile away long after the police report had been filed for “no evidence found.”
911 calls are 100 times more useless because no human can pinpoint the exact location of shots fired.
It’s not so much that Shotspotter reduces crime by itself, so much as it saves lives by locating victims who are bleeding out in an alley unnoticed by witnesses.
|
I think Ordo makes a good point though...... Even if it's just people firing guns into the air and there are no victims - That in itself is useful information.
If we know where shots are being fired the most around the city - That makes it easier to allocate police resources to the said areas.
Why you would want to throw the baby with the bathwater out is beyond me......
Threaded Mode