Why a Hi-Tech Gun Safety Tool Isn’t Working
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🗓️ 21 February 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Shotspotter lost a huge contract and some face when Chicago opted out of its partnership with the gunfire-identification tech company.
Why can’t new policing tech seem to break the old patterns and problems?
Guest: Jim Daley, investigations editor at South Side Weekly
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