Somerville City Councilors Consider Getting Rid of ShotSpotter

Somerville City Councilors Consider Getting Rid of ShotSpotter

NBC Boston

Somerville City Councilor At Large Willie Burnley Jr. introduced an order to discuss the effectiveness and placement of the ShotSpotter software, recently re-branded to Sound Thinking. He added that he has civil right concerns with roughly 35 sensors placed in somerville, primarily in communities of color. SoundThinking Inc. disputed all of those claims Tuesday night, with a spokesperson for the company saying, in part, Black boys and young men are disproportionately affected by gun violence.

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