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I studied ShotSpotter in Chicago and Kansas City – here’s what people in Detroit and the more than 167 other cities and towns using this technology should know
One method Detroit and other cities facing high levels of gun violence have employed is gunshot detection technology, specifically the industry-leading ShotSpotter product, which uses acoustic ...
Metro Times2y
Opinion: ShotSpotter profits off fears of gun violence
ShotSpotter’s calculated public relations strategy insults and underestimates the vast resources of intelligence, creativity, and knowledge that already exist here in Detroit. Detroiters know ...
Indy Week26d
The Company Behind ShotSpotter Says It Curbs Gun Violence. But Some Cities Fear It’s An Empty Promise.
The lot is located in one of three high gun violence areas in the city, and just four days earlier, it had been outfitted with the gunshot detection technology ShotSpotter. As Artis passed in ...
Mayor Johnson's looking at a range of gunshot-detection systems — including ShotSpotter
Bidding for a new contract is now underway after Johnson's controversial decision to end Chicago's relationship with ...
The Advocate3d
Baton Rouge police uses tech that alerts officers to gunfire. Why is it ending after 18 years?
When ShotSpotter’s acoustic sensors detect a gunshot, the sound is fed through a computer algorithm that determines the approximate location. The technology has given parish law enforcement ...
KTHV6d
Little Rock board votes to end 'ShotSpotter' contract
Arguments for and against were made to the Little Rock Board of Directors on Tuesday as they debated on whether or not the city should renew a $188,000 contract for ShotSpotter Technology.