Smart Cameras Blog

[From San Francisco Chronicle, S.F. board panel imperils crime-watching gear]

A 3-2 vote in San Francisco is cutting $360,000 that Mayor Newsom sought for installations and repairs of the anti-crime devices, i.e., cameras and gunshot sensors. The cut was motivated by the lack of evidence that the cameras and sensors were effective. This decision could still be reversed and it doesn’t affect all the camera/gunshot systems in the city.

The anecdotal evidence seems to show that gunshot systems are useful. Its unfortunate that there isn’t hard data to support the use of gunshot systems. I am afraid that these useful systems will be muddied by the less effective surveillance cameras.

rshah Gunshot Detection, Other Cities