Cambridge City Council voted to stop using ShotSpotter devices across the city. The vote ended years of debate over benefits and risks tied to acoustic gunshot detection. Five councilors supported ending the program, two opposed it, and two voted present. The city manager and police officials were ordered to stop using ShotSpotter within 90 days, terminate related contracts, and physically remove devices from city locations. ShotSpotter uses acoustic sensors placed high above streets to detect loud sounds resembling gunshots. When three separate sensors detect a potential gunshot, the system alerts authorities and helps determine where to send police. SoundThinking stated the technology is proven and unbiased, and it supports faster response, evidence collection, and privacy preservation.
"With the vote, the council ordered the city manager and police officials to stop using ShotSpotter within 90 days. The contracts involving ShotSpotter will be terminated, and the devices themselves will be physically removed from locations around Cambridge."
"ShotSpotter is a product offered by the company SoundThinking, which says its technology helps save lives, gets police to crime scenes quicker, and allows investigators to recover more evidence. It works by deploying a network of acoustic sensors high above streets that are designed to only pick up loud sounds that resemble gunshots. If three separate sensors detect a sound that could be gunshots, the system alerts authorities and determines where to send police."
"SoundThinking is proud to have successfully served the Cambridge Police Department and the citizens of Cambridge with gunshot detection services since 2014. "ShotSpotter is proven, unbiased technology that detects and alerts police to gunfire, enabling faster response, evidence collection, and lifesaving medical aid, all the while preserving privacy. We remain committed to working with communities, like Cambridge, that share our belief that e"
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