Pennsylvania Supreme Court upholds arrest based on ShotSpotter gunshot detection alerts
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Summary
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court upheld a Pittsburgh man's arrest triggered by the city's ShotSpotter gunshot detection system, despite civil rights advocates arguing the technology is unreliable. The sharply divided ruling addressed the legality of police responding to alerts from the acoustic surveillance system, which is used in dozens of cities nationwide. The decision has implications for the use of automated surveillance technology in law enforcement and civil liberties.
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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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