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What Next: Why a Hi-Tech Gun Safety Tool Isn’t Working

Slate Crime and Justice

English - February 21, 2024 08:00 - 24 minutes - ★★★★ - 36 ratings
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Shotspotter lost a huge contract and some face when Chicago opted out of its partnership with the gunfire-identification tech company. 

Why can’t new policing tech seem to break the old patterns and problems?

Guest: Jim Daley, investigations editor at South Side Weekly

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Shotspotter lost a huge contract and some face when Chicago opted out of its partnership with the gunfire-identification tech company. 


Why can’t new policing tech seem to break the old patterns and problems?


Guest: Jim Daley, investigations editor at South Side Weekly


Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen.

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