Stop Shot Spotter - A Radical Analysis

A ps investigation found that the system can miss live gun fire right under its microphones. Reports prepared by shotspot or staff have also been used in court to make dubious assertions about whether defendants fired at police. 65 year old michael williams spent nearly a year in chicago's cook county jail facing a murder charge on the basis of evidence mined from shot spotter. A silent clip of security footage showing a car driving through an intersection and a noise picked up by shot spotters sea of microphones were the only evidence against him. Prosecutors who initially claimed shot spotter's secret algorithm had cracked the case eventually asked a judge to dismiss the charges against williams, citing insufficient evidence.