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Emily Zantow

ezantow@washingtontimes.com

Emily Zantow was a U.S. Department of Justice reporter for The Washington Times.

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FILE - In this June 7, 2020, file photo, Alondra Cano, a city council member, speaks during "The Path Forward" meeting at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis. The focus of the meeting was the defunding of the Minneapolis Police Department. (Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Minneapolis to vote on ending police department in wake of George Floyd killing

Minneapolis voters will soon decide whether to shut down the police department that employed the officer who killed George Floyd last year and replace it with a Department of Public Safety that would combine the city's public safety functions into a "comprehensive public health approach to safety."

October 6, 2021
In this Aug. 10, 2021, file photo, ShotSpotter equipment overlooks the intersection of South Stony Island Avenue and East 63rd Street in Chicago. Critics decry the multimillion-dollar system not only in terms of its expense and inaccuracy, but for what they say is a pattern of bias in deploying police resources disproportionately into minority communities.  (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)  **FILE**

Critics see waste, bias in Chicago’s multimillion-dollar gunfire-detection system

A system of smart microphones that can identify the distinctive sound of a gun being fired and immediately notify the police was an idea that proponents hoped would make dangerous Chicago neighborhoods safer. But critics say the artificial-intelligence-driven system that Chicago has spent millions installing is inaccurate, costs too much and often is used to unfairly target people of color.

September 28, 2021