Meck Deck blogger Jeff Taylor reacts to news that Charlotte’s transit system is seeking support for an additional half-cent sales-tax increase. Taylor offered these comments for a Nov. 9, 2010, report on WCCB (Fox Charlotte).
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Cities differ on public safety tech
The police department in Winston-Salem uses a commercial product called ShotSpotter, a network of audio sensors and software, to identify possible incidents of gunfire and ensure a faster response to them. Since its implementation in 2021, the system appears to have reduced the number of aggravated assaults and saved at least two lives of gunshot...