While proponents say the software will improve police response times and help solve more crimes, those against it fear it is “unnecessary over-policing.”
TACOMA, Wash. — Tacoma residents are voicing their concerns about the city’s newest gunshot detection technology pilot program, which was initially planned for a south Tacoma neighborhood.
“ShotSpotter is dangerous,” said Bunchy Carter with The Black Panther Party. “And the City of Tacoma is only going to become more dangerous because of it.”
On Sunday afternoon, there was a packed room on the Evergreen State College Tacoma campus, filled with dozens of people concerned about the city’s newest pilot program, a gunshot detection technology known as
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