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  • How a St. Louis church is teaching teens to fly. ‘It really changed everything for me.'

    Erin Heffernan

    September 04, 2022 |

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch |

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    Response Location: United States, Chesterfield, Missouri

    The six-week, all-expense-paid, Red Tail Cadet Program teaches high school students to fly and prepares them to pursue a pilot’s license or study aviation in college. The flight school gives students an opportunity they might otherwise be unable to afford with hopes of diversifying the industry.

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  • St. Louis technology detects lots of gunfire, but calls often lead to a dead end

    Erin Heffernan

    May 31, 2021 |

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    St. Louis was one of the first cities to adopt ShotSpotter technology, which uses a network of microphones, software, and human monitors to detect and analyze gunshot sounds. The detection system summoned police more than 15,000 times last year. Only 1% of those calls in a 10-year span yielded enough evidence to result in a police report, and only 13 arrests resulted. There is no evidence that the system actually reduced gun violence. Advocates say the system, which costs St. Louis taxpayers and a nonprofit group more than $1 million per year, yields other useful intelligence and should be maintained.

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