From time to time, I search for news about ShotSpotter. The other day, I stumbled upon the Web site for the Minneapolis police department.
Minneapolis has installed ShotSpotter in part of the city. And on about a weekly basis, the police department posts a map showing ShotSpotter activations.
The map marks not only ShotSpotter calls, but also citizen reports of gunfire, and the locations of shootings. So it's kind of interesting to be able to compare.
Here's an example from a week in May.
One thing to note: the map shows the whole city, not just the area where ShotSpotter sensors are. So some parts of the maps that appear to have very little gunfire might just not have ShotSpotter. At least one blogger said that makes them somewhat unreliable.
And, the maps don't distinguish between the different types of ShotSpotter activations -- so we don't know if a mark means the system detected gunfire or another noise.
York, if you remember, releases a monthly report with the number of shots but will not release locations picked up by ShotSpotter.
What do you think?
Minneapolis has installed ShotSpotter in part of the city. And on about a weekly basis, the police department posts a map showing ShotSpotter activations.
The map marks not only ShotSpotter calls, but also citizen reports of gunfire, and the locations of shootings. So it's kind of interesting to be able to compare.
Here's an example from a week in May.
One thing to note: the map shows the whole city, not just the area where ShotSpotter sensors are. So some parts of the maps that appear to have very little gunfire might just not have ShotSpotter. At least one blogger said that makes them somewhat unreliable.
And, the maps don't distinguish between the different types of ShotSpotter activations -- so we don't know if a mark means the system detected gunfire or another noise.
York, if you remember, releases a monthly report with the number of shots but will not release locations picked up by ShotSpotter.
What do you think?
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