He calls the project Bop Spotter — a play on words inspired by ShotSpotter, surveillance technology used by law enforcement (including SFPD) to capture gunshots. “I just thought it was kind of a funny ...

The curious invention by Riley Walz is no ordinary gadget. Nicknamed the "Bop Spotter," it’s always on, ready to tag every song played in earshot. So far, the eavesdropping device has identified ...

Engineer Riley Walz has created “Bop Spotter”, a box containing a solar-powered Android phone using Shazam that is mounted on ...

As surveillance goes, I'm into it. I appreciate the commentary: "Heard of Shot Spotter? Microphones are installed across cities across the United States by police to detect gunshots, purported to ...

Bop Spotter isn't much to look at: it's a plastic box attached near the top of a light pole located in the heart of the Mission District — one of San Francisco's most densely populated and ...

under the First Step Act. The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is still trying to implement the First Step Act (FSA) over five years after the legislation was signed into law by then-President Trump.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write and consult on federal criminal law and criminal justice. It is common knowledge that prisons can be violent, particularly at the ...