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There is a very big difference between a system that can localize gunshot sounds and surveillance drones.

Assuming, of course, that the gunshot detectors are in fact special gunshot detectors and not a giant array of normal microphones with some algorithms applied to them.

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> Assuming, of course, that the gunshot detectors are in fact special gunshot detectors and not a giant array of normal microphones with some algorithms applied to them.

Why is your statement based at all on that assumption?

I don't see what makes surveillance drones necessarily worse than human cops flying helicopters overhead with cameras (which I know for a fact occurs in my city). What makes the "drone" part problematic?

Scale, oversight. Would you mind if we had one cop per person and followed them around in public at 20 foot distance everywhere they went?

I mean, a human in a helicopter is NOT the same as Gorgon Stare[0]. That's what's problematic, to me, anyhow.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon_Stare

But if a human is piloting a helipcopter with a "gorgon stare"-esque technology attached, seems pretty much the same.

I guess I'm unsure what about the autonomous flying is what draws people ire, rather than just overhead surveillance as a concept.

Looks like they have an app for law enforcement. It does provide some audio.

>gunshot audio to gain situational awareness, and; precise location of the gunshot to search for evidence.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shotspotter-respond/id10968200...

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