The Dallas City Council erred in approving a system that can pinpoint gunfire over the objections of the police chief. The mixed results these systems have...
disputes claims that it’s not effective, citing a third-party study it commissioned that found a false positive rate of 0.5%.
Given the questions about the system’s effectiveness, the ShotSpotter contract deserved more scrutiny from the Dallas City Council. García even told the council that a better way to lower violent crime would have been to allocate all of the $450,000 to buy more plate reader cameras. The police chief has shown to be a data-driven leader, and the council should have heeded his recommendation.
But if your police chief is advising against a certain approach, and there are well-documented concerns about that approach, why proceed? Instead of sinking money into questionable technology, the city should have examined other policy solutions that could be cheaper and more effective investments.
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