The New York Police Department has begun installing monitoring systems on city streets as part of what they describe as an effort to curb “gun crime.” One such example was reported back in 2007, in East Oakland. Fusion.net reports an anecdote about a gunshot victim, Tyrone Lyles, whose dying words helped convict his killer back in 2007. “Why
NYC Installs Microphones On Streets For ‘Gun Crime’
“We are always concerned about secondary uses of technology that is sold to us for some unobjectionable purpose and is then used for other purposes. If [ShotSpotter] is recording voices out in public, it needs to be shut down.”
