[sudo-discuss] shotspotter will be discontinued

[Jake]

well i think it would be obvious to combine city funds and the mesh 
network with shotspotter, but i wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people 
were opposed for various reasons.

i feel that if our lisence is strong enough, we could accept money and 
utility poles (and electricity) from the city without being forced to do 
anything unethical.

On Fri, 14 Mar 2014, X wrote:

> Is there a map and count of how many of these there are, how would those positions overlay as part of a mesh network. If there's a bunch of spots with power on a
> pole, that seems quite useful.
> 
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> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>       what do people think of the shotspotter system installed in oakland?
>
>       it's a network of microphones on telephone poles, each with a GPS (for a precise clock) and a network connection.  When a gunshot-like sound is detected,
>       they send the sound and its precise timing to a central server that determines the location of the shot, and tells the police to go there.
>
>       some people have expressed concern that the microphones are used to spy on people, but it would be impossible to hear a conversation from the top of a
>       telephone pole that wasnt already loud enough to be heard inside nearby houses (or the phone in your pocket).
>
>       apparently the city pays $264,000 per year to keep shotspotter going.  I think sudoroom people could do it for much less if they thought it was a useful
>       thing.  They would be discontinuing it to save money, or perhaps to avoid having to send cops to do actual work once in a while...
>
>       i mean.. sending police toward the gunfire?  sounds like a good idea...
>
>       http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Oakland-cops-aim-to-scrap-gunfire-detecting-5316060.php
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