tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post8949426250738220366..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Technology Not a SolutionClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-3300443855076044912021-10-03T05:01:10.247-06:002021-10-03T05:01:10.247-06:00Paterson NJ has the ShotSpotter system and the loc...Paterson NJ has the ShotSpotter system and the local papers here occasionally mention it when it leads to an arrest. Based on what I have read it seems to work if there is a very raid response by police, otherwise the shooters quickly scatter. Among the more amusing arrests are when one thug wants to show off to another thug and discharges his gun and then they stand around while the police show up. This, from my reading of news stories, has happened several times.<br /><br />Paterson is not the typical urban ghetto. It is small (8 sq miles) with 160,000 people and is surrounded by much more upscale northern New Jersey suburban towns. Most of its homicides take place within a several block area that is also the area market for illicit drug dealing. It would seem to me that very aggressive policing in that spot would do more to reduce homicides than any technology or gun laws. However in the post George Floyd era that's not likely.Mike Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681525678610791604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-2247983738866569402021-10-02T15:08:41.973-06:002021-10-02T15:08:41.973-06:00So. Even with technology triangulating where the g...So. Even with technology triangulating where the gunfire occurs, Cops are still minutes away. You'd think that with Shotspotter (tm) they'd be able to catch those guns in the act once in awhile. Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.com