Community groups say ShotSpotter system sends police to Black and Latino neighborhoods for unnecessary and hostile encounters
  • AA5B@lemmy.world
    7·
    9 months ago

    So we need to know both the range and the false positive rate, as well as the response

    • are they deployed so the only places in range of detection are non-white areas?
    • is there a high rate of false positives that somehow is worse in non-white areas?
    • is the response different in non-white areas vs white areas?
    • does the response specifically target non-white people in the target area?
    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
      1·
      9 months ago

      I’d imagine there’s a higher prevalence of gunshots in the non-white areas so more mics are placed there.