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Residents urge Detroit City Council not to renew ShotSpotter and NICE surveillance contracts
Summary
Public commenters and local organizers told Detroit’s City Council the roughly $9.1 million in contracts with ShotSpotter and NICE Systems should not be renewed, urging the city to redirect funds to community violence intervention programs; councilmembers asked for more DPD data before deciding.
Public commenters at a Detroit City Council meeting pressed elected officials on the city’s surveillance contracts, urging the council to refuse renewal of agreements with ShotSpotter and NICE Systems.
Daniel Saeed, a construction engineer and member of the Detroit Anti-War Committee, told the council the two contracts total about $9,100,000 and called them “contracts for war profiteering,” urging the council to cancel them and spend the money on community programs instead. “These contracts amount to a total of $9,100,000,” Saeed said during public comment, and “money should be spent on other programs and other services that support our communities,…
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