{"id":26676,"date":"2019-02-14T09:53:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T14:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/?p=26676"},"modified":"2019-02-14T09:53:01","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T14:53:01","slug":"toronto-police-scrap-plans-to-acquire-controversial-gunshot-detection-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/local\/gta\/toronto-police-scrap-plans-to-acquire-controversial-gunshot-detection-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto police scrap plans to acquire controversial gunshot-detection system"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"story\">\n<p>Toronto police have scrapped a plan to acquire a controversial piece of technology that picks up the sound of gunfire and reports it to frontline officers over concerns it could violate\u00a0Charter rights.<\/p>\n<p>A Toronto police spokesperson confirmed to CBC Toronto that a plan to purchase the ShotSpotter system, touted last summer by Mayor John Tory as a way to help curb gun violence in the city, has been shelved.<\/p>\n<p>ShotSpotter, which has been used at times by nearly 100 U.S. cities, detects loud sounds, filters them to determine whether they are gunfire and, if they are, forwards a report to police.<\/p>\n<p>But the provincial Ministry of the Attorney General expressed concerns that the technology may violate residents&#8217; Charter rights pertaining to unreasonable search and seizure.<\/p>\n<p>Tory was a vocal proponent of the ShotSpotter technology last summer as the city dealt with a spike in gun violence. Toronto also had a record year for homicides in 2018 with 96.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the year, Tory announced a $15 million &#8220;gun violence reduction plan&#8221; that included a larger police presence in what he called &#8220;high-priority areas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, Toronto city council voted to approve a five-year $44-million plan that would see investments in enhanced enforcement measures, including the ShotSpotter technology, and community programs aimed at violence prevention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contentFeedback\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto police have scrapped a plan to acquire a controversial piece of technology that picks up the sound of gunfire and reports it to frontline officers over concerns it could &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":26677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3538,4437],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-14-at-9.52.35-AM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}