Posted on 12/28/2019 4:27:53 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Pittsburghs Public Safety Department is preparing for a New Years Eve display that only they will see: The annual lighting up of the ShotSpotter system.
The system, which covers 18 square miles of Pittsburgh -- around ⅓ of the city -- uses powerful microphones to detect and locate gunshots, and occasionally misreads fireworks as a firearms discharge.
On New Years Eve, according to city Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich, the systems display lights up like a Christmas tree as people fire guns or fireworks into the air. He said the system picked up dozens of gunshots in the minutes leading up to midnight of New Years Eve last year.
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police will be staffed up to respond to every incident of apparent gunfire, he said.
Theres a good possibility that if you fire a shot, youre going to see a police officer relatively soon, said Mr. Hissrich. If you dont see an officer that evening, you might still get a knock on the door in the days that follow, he added, because ShotSpotter can often pin down the address from which a gun was fired.
Deputy Police Chief Thomas Stangrecki noted that bullets fired into the air can fall on people or buildings. Firing a gun within the city is a summary offense, and depending on circumstances, more serious charges like recklessly endangering another person, criminal mischief or assault can also apply.
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I don’t think your HOA would approve.
But if you knew someone on the board....
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Favorite pastime of 75% of the population of South Georgia come New Years . It aint the rednecks, in case you are wondering. Even had a dumb sheriffs deputy get caught using his service weapon to celebrate one year. Needless to say he lost that job, especially since he was with his cousin the convicted felon.
Most places with dense populations frown on it- my condo assn won’t let me see if I can shoot at the right angle to get some to drop in the pool...
This is directed at the white supremacists not the drug dealing gangbangers and illegal invader drug gangs, feel free to celebrate
Heh...
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If you don’t see an officer that evening, you might still get a knock on the door in the days that follow, he added, because ShotSpotter can often pin down the address from which a gun was fired.
So, they admit they get false positives. Would bet that a car backfiring would do the same. Yet, they are going to ticket people without any other evidence. Sounds like typical revenue enhancement efforts by the city tax collectors in blue.
One would think this kind of crap would be ridiculously easy to fight in court.
.....”Pitt seems to be an intellectual sinkhole”.....
I didn’t get a good vib when first arriving in the area. So I relocated about an hour away to a much smaller city and never looked back. People here at least understand common sense!
I think they do that up at Squirrel Hill too....I was visiting my son there one NY Eve and he said to expect that and sure enough it happened!
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