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https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/24/us/shotspotter-cities-choose-not-to-use/index.html

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But some major cities, including Chicago, Atlanta and Portland, Oregon, have decided against using the system, with city officials and others describing it as expensive, racially biased and ineffective.

Many critics see the technology as “public safety theater,” said Abené Clayton, a CNN contributor and lead reporter on The Guardian newspaper’s ‘Guns and Lies’ project.

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Despite its growth, the service is costly, “unreliable and overly susceptible to human error,” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wrote on his 2023 campaign website.

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