Submitted by Tacoma Coalition for Police Accountability.
Join us for a ShotSpotter Information Forum on Sunday Nov 10th from 1-3pm at Evergreen College in Tacoma.
Tacoma received a grant for a 3-year pilot program of the ShotSpotter gunshot-detection technology. The ShotSpotter system alerts police when the sound surveillance equipment thinks it detects a gunshot.
Hear from activists, experts, and community members about where this pilot will happen, what other cities have learned from using ShotSpotter, and how this might add additional burdens to communities that already experience over-policing.
Speakers include PLU Professor Marni Ritchie, UWT Professor Emma Slager, UWT Professor Ilā Ravichandran, Public Health Specialist Malcolm Clay, and Minister of Defense of the Black Panther Party Bunchy Carter.
This event is sponsored by Institute for Black Justice, The Conversation 253, Black Panther Party of WA, 350 Tacoma, Climate Alliance of the South Sound, Native Daily Network, Indivisible Tacoma, and Tacoma Coalition for Police Accountability.
RSVP by clicking on the flyer QR code or send an email to ssp111024@gmail.com.
This tech has been around since 2007 when it was used during the Surge in Iraq. This tech can geo-locate a gunshot by its sound, usually the sonic boom of the bullet breaking the sound barrier, the noise of the gunshot, and the sound of the bullet stopping when it finally hits something. I’m sure the discrimination between loud noises and gunshots has improved in 14 years. This should be a good to in determining “where” a gun is shot in real time. Would be curious to go over the data to discover trends of gunshots/911 calls/ criminal activity to see if they all point to the same place.