School Committee members move to avoid the “pervert glasses” problem and the technology's use for cheating, and to keep discipline under administrators’ discretion.
Take part in meetings on Setting preservation grants, school policies around the Protect Act, smart glasses and K-Lo, and restaurant rules and regulations.
The ShotSpotter gunshot detection system, which was returned to service Aug. 17, didn't detect the fatal shooting of William Woodworth on Friday by police.
The gunfire-detection system ShotSpotter will be restored for 90 days while city manager Yi-An Huang brings the question of a permanent return to residents.
Much of the opposition has been about the financial demands of the devices and lack of a police oversight body that had been promised for several years.
Whether ShotSpotter gunfire detectors will return is to be voted in August, delayed by a protest over focusing on tech instead of addressing the root causes of violence.
There’s a summer deadline on whether to equip Somerville police with body-worn cameras, an issue bouncing around council and committee meetings for months.