SurveillanceHigh
Police Reportedly Deployed ShotSpotter Sensors Disproportionately in Neighborhoods of Color
- Occurred
- May 4, 2012
- Published
- Jul 18, 2022
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Police departments disproportionately placed ShotSpotter sensors in black and brown neighborhoods, which is denounced by communities for allegedly creating dangerous situations, such as one involving in Adam Toledo's death.
Developers
- ShotSpotter
Deployers
- Kansas City Police Department
- Cleveland Division of Police
- Chicago Police Department
- Atlanta Police Department
Harmed parties
- neighborhoods of color
- Brown communities
- Black communities
- Adam Toledo
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Police deployment of surveillance technology in minority neighborhoods linked to fatal incidents.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8