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These news reports quote responses from other interested groups like the New York Police Department itself, the New York Civil Liberties Union, and ShotSpotter, Inc.:

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/newyork/news/nypd-shotspotter-re...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/nyregion/nypd-shotspotter...

Note that the NYPD's leader, the New York City police commissioner, is appointed by and answerable to the mayor. Mayor Eric Adams supports the ShotSpotter gunshot alert system, which may explain the NYPD's position.

Also note that this audit is published by the New York City Comptroller's office. Both the mayor and comptroller are directly elected by the people, meaning both Adams and Comptroller Brad Lander are politicians as opposed to nonpartisan bureaucrats/civil servants. That may have something to do with Lander's framing of his office's report.