A gunfire locator or gunshot detection system is a system that detects and conveys the location of gunfire or other weapon fire using acoustic, vibration, optical, or potentially other...
"If 80-90% of gunfire goes unreported, why wouldn't you want to close that gap? Especially, if it had the potential to save 100+ lives in addition to other ancillary benefits. Still have...
Chicago's "progressive" Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson is ending the city's contract for the gunfire detection system ShotSpotter.
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A scathing report from city Comptroller Brad Lander found that ShotSpotter, the NYPD's highly touted gunfire location system, accurately identifies shootings only about 13% of the time.
Some Chicago communities are monitored by an acoustic-based gunshot detection system that pinpoints the location of gunfire. ; This technology — used by the Chicago Police Department — is known as ShotSpotter. It alerts law enforcement to potential gunfire and claims to reduce gun violence in communities. ; According to ShotSpotter CEO Ralph Clark, the technology is able to tell the difference between gunfire and fireworks. ; “We do that through combining software with a network of sensors that have the ability to understand a loud popper boom noise,” Clark said. “After we’ve identified the specific location of that particular event, we go through some steps to filter out those incidents that aren’t gunshots, leaving the ones that are gunshots to be published typically within 30-45 seconds of the trigger pull. What makes the technology so compelling is that we know from our work, and what’s been independently studied and analyzed by folks, is that 80-90% of outdoor criminal gunfire goes unreported effectively. Traditional 911 is broken for those communities that are suffering from ongoing persistent gun violence.”
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This group made recommendations in favor of investing in a gunfire detection system following a series of unsolved homicides in the Rainier Beach area. The mayor wants to spend $2 million...
O n Tuesdays, a farmers market wraps itself around the west side of Villa Parke in Northwest Pasadena. On a recent market day, vendors slung boxes of fresh produce under white tents while music played from an old boom box. Several elderly neighbors poked fun at each other in Spanish, parked their grocery carts, and sat down for lunch. This idyllic scene belied the worrisome fact that there have been at least six shootings in and around this park over the past two years, according to the police. ...
Baltimore’s Board of Estimates approved a $759,500 contract extension Wednesday for the ShotSpotter gunfire detection system, which has faced criticism over its effectiveness and fairness in some c...