Pa. Supreme Court rules in case centered on controversial gunshot surveillance system

ShotSpotter is a system marketed to law enforcement and used in dozens of cities around the nation that purports to identify the sound and location of gunfire to dispatch police. (Photo courtesy of SoundThinking)

Pennsylvania’s highest court upheld a Pittsburgh man’s arrest when police were summoned by the city’s ShotSpotter system despite civil rights advocates arguing the technology has been proven unreliable.

ShotSpotter is a system marketed to law enforcement and used in dozens of cities around the nation that purports to identify the sound and location of gunfire to dispatch police…

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