ShotSpotter gunshot detection system fails to reduce violent crime in Kansas City, study says

ShotSpotter gunshot detection system fails to reduce violent crime in Kansas City, study says

ShotSpotter gunshot detection system fails to reduce violent crime in Kansas City, study says

Posted by on 2023-11-28

The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners recently approved spending $200,000 for another year of ShotSpotter, a surveillance technology, despite a new study that says it doesn't achieve the city's public safety goals.