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San Diego City Council met today to

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discuss the contract for an audio

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detection tool that senses gunshots.

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Shotspotter is more than 100

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cities nationwide and has been in

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Southeast San Diego since 2016.

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However, a contract extension

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has been delayed news,

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a tabby offered shares of concerns

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from surveillance Watch Dogs.

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Those audio sensors on top of St

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lights are called shot spotter's.

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That's where it detects gun violence.

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They've been in southeast neighborhoods

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for five years here in San Diego.

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Police say it's a critical

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tool to stop gun violence,

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but community groups say this type of

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surveillance needs more oversight.

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The audio detection tool,

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called Shot Spotter listens for gunshots

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and alerts officers in dispatch when gun

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fires detected is bad for Sandy agens.

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It's ineffective. It's costly shot

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spotters in a 3.6 square mile.

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Radius in the southeast

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neighborhoods of San Diego,

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where police say it has the highest

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number of gun related crimes.

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It's in Lincoln Park skyline.

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Valencia Park in O'farrell,

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which are predominantly black and

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brown communities.

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This is indicative of systems

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that have failed our communities

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over and over again and have

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over police have produced mass

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incarceration during Tuesday's City

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Council meeting. The $1.1 million shot

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Spotter program was up for renewal

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for up to four years, but was sent

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back to staff for further review.

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This comes at a time when San Diego Police

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report gang related shootings are up 129%.

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Mini connected to illegal and

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untraceable weapons called Ghost Guns.

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But surveillance watchdogs like trust.

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SD says last fall the Council

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approved regulatory measures

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on surveillance ordinance.

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Is that still need to be implemented? We

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don't believe that the city should be

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considering contracts such as shot spotter's

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until there's a Community oversight

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board and a San Diego police

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PowerPoint for council. It says that

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officers responded to.

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417 Shotspotter activations and

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a two year period and 62 were

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connected to gun related crimes,

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but attorney Jonathan Minutes.

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But the MacArthur Justice Center in

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Chicago questions the data nationwide

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and says that false alerts create

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unnecessary tension that creates

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dangerous situations every time the police

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are sent out thinking that they are

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entering an extremely dangerous situation.

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Shotspotter sent news ADA statement.

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In summary, it states that

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it keeps officers safer,

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gives them tools to make a greater

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impact on gun violence.

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And it trains in test incidents to

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ensure it's performing correctly.

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We reached out to San Diego police

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but they say they are not commenting

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about the shot spotter program.