Chicago Police Department
Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
Incident 43310 Reports
Chicago Police's Strategic Subject List Reportedly Biased Along Racial Lines
2012-08-01
Chicago Police Department (CPD)'s Strategic Subject List as output of an algorithm purportedly to identify victims or perpetrators of violence was reportedly ineffective, easily abused, and biased against low-income communities of color.
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Incident 11213 Reports
Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful
2012-10-09
ShotSpotter algorithmic systems locating gunshots were reported by police departments for containing high false positive rates and wasting police resources, prompting discontinuation.
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Incident 11213 Reports
Police Departments Reported ShotSpotter as Unreliable and Wasteful
2012-10-09
ShotSpotter algorithmic systems locating gunshots were reported by police departments for containing high false positive rates and wasting police resources, prompting discontinuation.
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Unreliable ShotSpotter Audio Previously Used to Convict Chicago Man in Murder Case
2020-05-31
ShotSpotter audios were previously admitted to convict an innocent Black man in a murder case in Chicago, resulted in his nearly-one-year-long arrest before being dismissed by prosecutors as insufficient evidence.
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Police Reportedly Deployed ShotSpotter Sensors Disproportionately in Neighborhoods of Color
2012-05-04
Police departments disproportionately placed ShotSpotter sensors in black and brown neighborhoods, which is denounced by communities for allegedly creating dangerous situations, such as one involving in Adam Toledo's death.
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DUI Arrest Case Allegedly Based Only on ShotSpotter's Alert
2021-11-07
A car stop resulting in a DUI arrest of its driver was allegedly based solely on a ShotSpotter alert, the reliability of which came into question by public defenders, who subpoenaed the company to assess its gunshot alert system.
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