ShotSpotter

Here Are the Secret Locations of ShotSpotter Gunfire Sensors

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Finding shell casings can be extremely difficult. A Los Angeles Police Department officer not authorized to speak to the media tells WIRED they’ve spent “hours” searching for bullet casings. Just because officers don’t find evidence of gunfire, they say, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. While SoundThinking says its alerts are reviewed by its Incident Review … Read more

SoundThinking, Maker of ShotSpotter, Is Buying Parts of PredPol Creator Geolitica

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SoundThinking, the company behind the gunshot-detection system ShotSpotter, is quietly acquiring staff, patents, and customers of the firm that created the notorious predictive policing software PredPol, WIRED has learned. In an August earnings call, SoundThinking CEO Ralph Clark announced to investors that the company was negotiating an agreement to acquire parts of Geolitica—formerly called PredPol—and … Read more