Posted on 09/29/2014 9:52:46 AM PDT by Daffynition
Police test gunfire detection system in Detroit using cats and beds
A calendar would be much cheaper.
Does the day end in a ‘y’? If yes, there’s gunfire. If no, there’s not.
We tried it in our city. It was a waste of money.
This system has been around for several years, and the cities that buy it all use the same pre-canned press releases.
Five years ago, AP press releases proclaimed the end of violent crime before the system was even taken out of the box. It claimed to catch all shooters withing minutes, with all the SWAT teams and their heavy weaponry converging on the spot within seconds. New York City was also declared to be crime-free as soon as the contact was signed. The PR was identical, sparing the municipal PR departments from even thinking about news releases. Just another feature of a system that is 99% vaporware.
Since those great victories, these systems, from assorted companies, have brought peace, and justice, to all the cities in Iraq, and is projected to result in victory in Afghanistan, too.
Smaller American cities are also enjoying the benefits, often without informing the taxpayer, who have difficulty telling the difference between "before" and "after".
Wait a minute. They spend money on this instead of paying all those poor peoples water bills?!?! /s
Stop making perfectly good sense....or keeping in jail.....the convicted perps who are caught without permits, stolen guns, yada....sending them away for a long long time....instead of plea-bargaining away the existing laws.
It would be cheaper to just send the cops to a random street corner and wait 5 minutes.
What if the firearm is equipped with a suppressor? Suppressors are designed so that shots are very difficult to pinpoint by hearing. With the open distances involved,there won’t be muzzle blast and flash. I also don’t think they register on ballistic crack. If the detectors do, then go to subsonic ammo. The detectors become worthless.
Wouldn’t it be easier to determine where gunshots are NOT being fired in Detroit?
rofl
You know a town with money is like a mule with a spinning wheel. Nobody knows how he got it and damned if he knows how to use it!
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