Denver Police started zeroing in on shorts fired around the city using ShotSpotter technology more than six years ago.
“It gives a coordinate where we are likely to find evidence and I would say the majority of the time we find it exactly where it is supposed to be,” Denver Police Division Chief Ron Thomas said.
“We found is that 80% to 90% of the time a ShotSpotter alert even where evidence is found there isn’t a corresponding 911 call,” Thomas said, “I think one of the reasons why people don’t call the police is one I think there may be some fear of retaliation and two it may just be normalized or they may even have the belief that the police don’t really care. I think that when they see police show up, it shows Denver police do care.
“The reason why we keep reapplying, why we keep negotiating, is because we believe in this technology,” Thomas said. Thomas says Denver police use data to determine the location of their devices and overall believes there’s value in its continued use.CBS4 reached out to Campaign Zero for a comment about the cancel ShotSpotter campaign. They did not have anyone available for an interview ahead of the deadline.This is simply a rehash of debunked studies and false claims about ShotSpotter.
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