Chicago (WLS) – In the search for new technologies from Chicago to help the police and paramedical paramedics, the plans offered by companies across the country direct the whole range, ranging from practical radical ideas.
Next Friday is the last deadline for companies to submit proposals to the city for new ball detection tools after the demonstration of the controversial shotspotter system.
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Companies have already submitted arguments to the city that the ABC7 I-TEAM has obtained through a request for law on information.
The proposals of 15 companies include drone networks stationed across the city to deploy as “the first stakeholders with 911 calls”; A “neural network of in -depth learning” to monitor the flow of live video cameras public and private across the city; And a plan to position the city’s mobile phones which are transformed into acoustic sensors to detect the shots.
Soundthinking, the parent company of Shotspotter, is one of the 15 companies that responded to the city’s “request for information”.
The administration of the mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, will soon start the difficult process of finding a potential alternative to the Shotpotter system after having ended the city contract with the company last year.
ABC 7 police consultant Bill Kushner said that a replacement is a necessity.
“The department (Chicago police) needs every help it can get,” said Kushner. “If they can integrate shots detection technology into a camera system, it’s invaluable.”
But the proposed technologies have also aroused concerns of privacy defenders.
Hannah Zhao is a lawyer of the Electronic Frontier Foundation for non -profit of digital confidentiality, and says that some of these proposals could represent a surveillance state.
“I can understand the argument that it is useful for the police, but many tools are useful for the police. I bet that the Big Brother system in” 1984 “would be super useful because it watches everyone, but I don’t think that is the kind of state in which we want to live.”
You will find below the summaries of the 15 locations of the company obtained and examined by team I in alphabetical order:
Fusus axon:
The company AXON, based in Arizona, already provides used CHICAGO police cameras, Taser devices and a digital evidence management system.
Now he offers “Axon Fusus”, including a live network of cameras that feed an application to which all police staff can access.
According to Axon’s Pitch, “by aggregating the live video flows of public and private cameras, worn out of the body, drones and information from other sensors, such as firearm detection systems, Axon Fusus provides a situational conscience in real time.”
Blue hammer:
Blue Hammer technology, based in Florida, proposes: “A powerful neuronal networked learning network platform AI called ia torrent, which can process exponentially large quantities of multimodel image data, such as text, fixed photos, full-movement videos and more.”
The AI can be connected to the live cameras flows, both detainees by the city and private, which, according to the land of the company, “would provide confirmation approved within 60 seconds following an incident” to the police, as well as location information and other data points which it brings together.
The Firefly III system:
The Firefly III system is a proposal from Crime Gun Intelligence Technologies (CGIT) based in Mississippi. It is a ball detection system, similar to Shotspotter.
According to the company’s land, the Firefly III was initially developed “to detect and report the locations of light weapons fire to American forces in the Middle East. Project Firefly was tested and proven in the most difficult conditions of the battlefields of Afghanistan, and it is invoked by our soldiers.”
Databuoy:
A company based on Arlington Heights, the Databuoy court indicates that it would provide sensors installed on posts and light buildings, similar to Shotspotter, which “detects not only shots”, but “also locates the source”.
The Alets see:
The Elerts Society based in Massachusetts offers to create a “see” program so that citizens report incidents, such as shots, to the police.
According to the company’s field, see according to a “human propulsion system designed to allow citizens to provide several methods to report incidents with a mobile phone or a computer”.
“By taking advantage of the security equipment already in place in Chicago, such as video surveillance cameras, Elerts is able to provide the police with an unrivaled conscience in real time of what is happening in an incident scene,” said the company.
Proof IQ:
According to the company’s proposal, Evidence IQ is a relatively new company in Lemont.
The company says it would deploy ball detection sensors across the city.
Herd security raven:
From the company “Flock” based in Georgia, the Raven de la safety du herd would deploy sensors similar to Shotspotter which can detect “gunshots, fireworks and slideshow (street race) with the recognition of vehicles and registration plates”.
“When a shot occurs, Raven informs the local police service in less than a minute about the firearm discharge,” said the company’s land.
Gull systems:
Gull Systems is an American company offering a set of complete technologies, in particular “the detection of anomalies supplied by AI (with the monitoring of real -time vehicles and suspects) on all sensor flows”.
According to the company’s land, it would manage a network of drones that works largely independently “,” however, operators located in a central command center can supervise and direct all flights “.
Knightscope:
Knightscope is a company based in California and, according to its pitch, it offers a shot detection system similar to Shotspotter which “quickly processes the acoustic data, providing confirmations of verified incidence in a few seconds”.
“Its automated recognition of the ball signatures distinguishes the shots from environmental noises and other triggers, allowing responders to act on information verified with confidence,” said the document.
Shotspotter:
In its request for information submitted to the City, Shotspotter provided statistics that the company declares from the Chicago Police Service, showing that it has a “99% precision rate with regard to failures and errors”.
According to his pitch document, Shotspotter “alerted the DPC with more than 10,000 victims of shooting in the past six years” and establishes a plan for “financial sanctions if the Shotpotter solution does not respond to commitments at the level of the service”.
The details on these penalties are expared.
Skydio:
Based on California, Skydio offers to use a network of “drones and first stakeholders” who “will considerably improve the CPD capacity to detect violent crimes” and “will reduce response times”.
According to the company’s field, “the Skydio’s drone solution as First Responder (DFR) offers a new way to improve emergency interventions by providing rapid and reliable air intelligence before the arrival of soil units”.
“Impact -resistant docks are strategically positioned throughout the city, keeping the drones completely loaded and ready to deploy automatically when an incident occurs,” said the land.
Sydrio has provided the city a list of 37 quay and hive locations to the weather test where drones would be located cover the 235 square miles of the city, but the locations have been expared.
Spon:
A document provided by SPON in the city has included any details on the company or what it offers.
Starchase:
Starchase is a company based in Virginia and is not a firing detection company. Rather, he launches “GPS trackers” to suspect vehicles for “short -term surveillance”.
Triangle:
A Proposal of the TechnoIdenty America company offers a ball detection system “taking advantage of smartphones as acoustic sensors, which can be deployed in fixed locations, temporarily for specific events, or transported by staff on the ground”.
According to the company’s field, “Triangula was deployed in various urban environments, including pilot projects with American police services and larger -scale implementations in Norway”.
UTILITY:
The utility is a georgia -based company that offers a body -brought camera system and other live cameras that would be deployed throughout the city.
The company’s pitch document does not include a clear explanation for the way it would detect gunshots that occur far from a workers’ agent.
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