ShotSpotter devices raise surveillance fears, prompting promises from Cambridge police
Against the backdrop of daily immigrant arrests in Massachusetts and nationwide come sharper objections to ShotSpotter gunfire-detecting technology in Cambridge: Residents fear the microphones are listening to them talk, and that the federal government will be handed the recordings.
ShotSpotter, a tool used by police to listen for shootings, is paid for by the Department of Homeland Security. Each fact drew attention Monday at a meeting of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee.
Even city officials expressed discomfort over the relationship…