Tag: surveillance
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#StopShotSpotter: Seattle Update
Seattle Mayor Harrell’s budget allocates $1 million for a “gunfire detection system” – presumably ShotSpotter, which Harrell’s tried to bring to Seattle for over a decade. As Lauryn Bray’s * One reason for this is that less than 10% of ShotSpotter reports produce anything prosecutors can potentially use as evidence of crimes. Another reason is…
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#StopShotSpotter: my comments at the Seattle Budget Committee hearing
See the livetweet thread here for context. I’m Jon. My comments today focus on the $1 million for gunshot detection. Gun violence is a huge problem – but systems like ShotSpotter won’t help address it. These systems don’t reduce crime. Instead, they waste police time and resources – and harm people in the communities they’re…
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#StopShotSpotter: Detroit, Cleveland, Portland, Seattle, Dayton and a short reference list (UPDATED)
Originally written September 29; last updated October 5. See the Updates at the bottom. “We cannot ignore the fact that there’s no data that proves that ShotSpotter actually works…. I’ve asked (police) give me some data. Please. Don’t just be running around putting fear into people. Folks are scared to death in this city. They…
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Surveillance cameras in New York subway cars: Whose voices are heard?
This was originally published as part of the September 26 Privacy News, but it’s long enough that it deserves its own post. The ‘Surveillance Solutionism’ of Putting Cameras in NYC Subways Alfred Fox Cahn, Wired (wired.com) “You think Big Brother’s watching you on the subways?” New York Governor Kathy Hochul said at a news conference…
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TSA forces woman to remove nipple rings — with pliers
Yes, really; and then defends the “thoroughness of the Officers involved”. Don’t you feel safer now? Our tax dollars at work … From AP’s coverage of Mandi Hamlin’s press conference: The female TSA agent used a handheld detector that beeped when it passed in front of Hamlin’s chest, the Dallas-area resident said. Hamlin said she…