[sudo-discuss] shotspotter will be discontinued

[Jake]

i can't tell if you replied to the list or just privately to me.

that sounds like it would be fun, but it would be more worthwhile if there 
were a larger goal to be accomplished, ideally with funding.

it wouldn't be trivial - what is the right way to record timestamps onto 
an audio recording from a GPS?  perhaps use one of the two audio channels 
as a SMPTE timing track?  that's kinda ridiculous but there's probably 
lots of code already written...

On Fri, 14 Mar 2014, Hol Gaskill wrote:

> I'd be down to make a few time of flight receivers with you.
> 
> on Mar 14, 2014, 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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