Five to THE POLICE PROBLEMEnglish • 6 months agoFormer CPD Deputy Chief on the ShotSpotter Sales Team Shilling Lies About The Faulty Techjinxpress.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkFormer CPD Deputy Chief on the ShotSpotter Sales Team Shilling Lies About The Faulty Techjinxpress.orgFive to THE POLICE PROBLEMEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square2fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@jordanlundMlinkEnglish7•6 months agoShotspotter has an insanely high accuracy rate, not because the system is accurate, but because they re-define “false positive.” Say there’s a loud noise that triggers the system, they send the police. Police investigate and find no signs of a shooting. No injuries, no shell casings, no visible damage. They also find no sign of what may have caused the noise, backfire, lightning, blown transformer, fireworks, etc. Shotspotter does NOT consider that a false positive UNLESS the cops can explicitly identify the source of the noise.
Shotspotter has an insanely high accuracy rate, not because the system is accurate, but because they re-define “false positive.”
Say there’s a loud noise that triggers the system, they send the police.
Police investigate and find no signs of a shooting. No injuries, no shell casings, no visible damage.
They also find no sign of what may have caused the noise, backfire, lightning, blown transformer, fireworks, etc.
Shotspotter does NOT consider that a false positive UNLESS the cops can explicitly identify the source of the noise.