ShotSpotter showdown in Kentucky

This bodycam footage comes from Louisville, Kentucky. Metropolitan Police Department officers are shown responding to ShotSpotter reports of several handgun rounds being fired at a local residence. ShotSpotter is a private security firm which uses technology including acoustic locators to determine when, where, and from what direction gunfire occurs. Within four minutes of the alert, police were on-scene. After a short chase, the suspect- later identified as Asa McNealy, 30 years of age- reached for his handgun and was shot. Although he survived, viewer discretion is advised. McNealy was treated at an area hospital in critical condition. He was charged for wanton endangerment and firearm possession as a felon. Although effective in this instance, ShotSpotter has a somewhat checkered reputation. Despite claiming 97 percent accuracy, testing in Chicago and Boston reported that 89 percent of calls were not due to gun-related crime, and 86 were not crime related at all, with nail guns, helicopters, jackhammers and other tools frequently tripping the alerts. Furthermore, ShotSpot records have been record by police and by the company's employees- a fact which led to the acquittal of at least one suspect.

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