Stop ShotSpotter PSA (2021)

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ShotSpotter is a useless, expensive, racist audio surveillance technology used by the Chicago Police Department to further police and surveil mostly Black and Latinx communities. It fails to perform its stated purpose of reducing gun violence, and instead has cost Chicago $33 million, 20,000+ dead-end CPD deployments a year, and heightened and even fatal police presence in Chicago’s Black & Latinx neighborhoods.

The Coalition to Cancel the ShotSpotter contract calls on the City of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department to cancel the $10 million/year ShotSpotter contract (that they renewed last December without telling anyone) and redirect that money to the Peace Book and Community Restoration Ordinance to effectively address the root causes of gun violence.

The bottom line is surveillance does not keep us safe. If ShotSpotter worked 100% of the time (which it doesn’t), it would *at best* respond AFTER gunfire. Like policing, ShotSpotter is reactionary, ineffective, and encourages violence. Technology like this only expands and invisiblizes policing under the myth of tech-based neutrality and objectivity. 

“Why invest in ShotSpotter when you can invest in us?” —Alex Goodwin, ACRE

Sign/share the petition, talk to your alder, and take action using the toolkit and resources below!
http://bit.ly/stopshotspotter-toolkit
http://bit.ly/stopshotspotter-petition
http://bit.ly/stopshotspotter-sharestory
EndPoliceSurveillance.com

Featuring: Tynetta Muhammad, Alex Goodwin, & Caullen Hudson
Footage: James Edward Murray & Caullen Hudson
Edited: James Edward Murray
Produced: Caullen Hudson
Broader Campaign: Defund CPD

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