Tampa City Council is set to vote on a gunshot detection program that has made international headlines over the past year for its lack of effectiveness and negative influence on police behavior. On today's city council agenda is a $280,000 contract with "ShotSpotter" a company that offers monitoring technology, which scans sounds in a specific area, and has a remote analyst call the police if the sound resembles a gunshot.
Tampa City Council is set to vote on a gunshot detection program that has made international headlines over the past year for its lack of effectiveness and negative influence on police behavior. On today's city council agenda is a $280,000 contract with "ShotSpotter" a company that offers monitoring technology, which scans sounds in a specific area, and has a remote analyst call the police if the sound resembles a gunshot.