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Agenda Item
4 25-0113 Subject: OPD ShotSpotter Annual Report
From: Oakland Police Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Accepting The Annual Report For The City's Gunshot Location Detection System And Making A Determination Regarding Whether The City Should Continue To Use This Technology
As with Council accepting in full the roadmap laid out by the Ceasefire Audit Report and its subsequent, highly collaborative, and faithful implementation by OPD, the Mayor's office and DVP, I urge you to continue funding the Shotspotter gunshot detection system. It's already made a crucial difference in identifying the location of gunshots, especially in neighborhoods where residents tend to be reluctant to contact OPD. Shotspotter helps build on the tangible results which have re-invigorated Ceasefire this year. We need every positive element to continue this progress.
Bill Joyce
Member, FIAEB Public Safety Committee
Retired Public School Teacher
District 4 resident
ShotSpotter is ineffective. We want to spend funds in ways to prevent crime, not throw away money ineffectively responding to it. It will waste $2.5M of Oakland taxpayers money over the next three years. Dozens of cities, including Chicago and Detroit, have canceled Spotshotter, finding the technology ineffective and inaccurate. ShotSpotter profits off of violence, why would it want to reduce it? https://igchicago.org/2021/08/24/oig-finds-that-shotspotter-alerts-rarely-lead-to-evidence-of-a-gun-related-crime-and-that-presence-of-the-technology-changes-police-behavior/
As with Council accepting in full the roadmap laid out by the Ceasefire Audit Report and its subsequent, highly collaborative, and faithful implementation by OPD, the Mayor's office and DVP, I urge you to continue funding the Shotspotter gunshot detection system. It's already made a crucial difference in identifying the location of gunshots, especially in neighborhoods where residents tend to be reluctant to contact OPD. Shotspotter helps build on the tangible results which have re-invigorated Ceasefire this year. We need every positive element to continue this progress.
Bill Joyce
Member, FIAEB Public Safety Committee
Retired Public School Teacher
District 4 resident
ShotSpotter is ineffective. We want to spend funds in ways to prevent crime, not throw away money ineffectively responding to it. It will waste $2.5M of Oakland taxpayers money over the next three years. Dozens of cities, including Chicago and Detroit, have canceled Spotshotter, finding the technology ineffective and inaccurate. ShotSpotter profits off of violence, why would it want to reduce it? https://igchicago.org/2021/08/24/oig-finds-that-shotspotter-alerts-rarely-lead-to-evidence-of-a-gun-related-crime-and-that-presence-of-the-technology-changes-police-behavior/