"They want to be a part of this conversation"

The Daily Crime

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🗓️ 19 August 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

ShotSpotter, an audio surveillance tool used to detect gunfire, is in more than 100 cities nationwide. Abbie Alford, reporter with KFMB in San Diego, joins to discuss the San Diego's use of the technology, and why some are calling for it to be removed. More on this story at: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/crime/decision-on-shotspotter-contract-delayed-in-san-diego-gunfire-detection-system-city-council-police-tool/509-dc7b0c82-7c82-40c5-bf0e-0007fafd87bd To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up.
0:01.0	They're saying, hey, let us have a seat at the table and let us have some kind of say in this,
0:07.4	or at least let us share our concerns about this.
0:10.4	For Vault Studios, I'm Reid Redmond.
0:12.9	You're listening to The Daily Crime.
0:19.3	In recent years, cities all over the United States have been testing and implementing a relatively new technology, designed to detect gunshots.
0:29.2	The oceanfront right there, a new gunshot detection system is now up and running.
0:32.9	Now they're going to be added to an area of Aldine that has a crime rate that's 60% higher than the national average.
0:40.3	It uses a very complicated algorithm.
0:43.3	Gunshot detection technology alerts them within seconds when the shots are fired.
0:48.3	We can now find out about these, respond, respond accurately.
0:52.3	The idea is to decrease gun violence, but does it work?
0:57.8	That's a question residents and elected officials in San Diego have been asking as their
1:02.1	contract with the company that makes the technology is up for renewal.
1:05.7	They've been in southeast neighborhoods for five years here in San Diego.
1:09.7	Police say it's a critical tool to stop gun violence, but community groups say this type of
1:14.7	surveillance needs more oversight.
1:20.7	Abby Alford joins us from CBS 8 in San Diego.
1:24.5	Abby, you've been covering the San Diego City Council's consideration of extending
1:29.2	a contract with a company and a technology called ShotSpotter. And I wanted to talk about this
1:34.2	because this is a technology used around the country and a number of cities are having a similar
1:39.6	debate as San Diego right now. Let's start with this. What is ShotSpotter and what is it supposed to do?
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