CHICAGO (CBS) —ShotSpotter is now offline in Chicago. The gunshot detection system stopped sending data to police at 12:01 a.m. Monday—all despite a monthslongfight to keep the technology in the city. Mayor Brandon Johnson is searching for an alternative gunfire detection system, and on...
detection sensors to alert police to the location of gunfire •Networking solution - AT&T Global Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) power sensors that alert police to the location of gunshots, enabling quicker response and investigation •Business value - Faster aid to victims,safer communities ...
More Police Departments Are Using Gunfire-Detection System; Whether ShotSpotter Effectively Fights Crime Is UnclearTerry Collins
CHICAGO (CBS) --A leaked internal report from Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's Office revealed an expensive gunshot detection system used by the City of Chicago has "minimal return on investment" when it comes to holding shooters accountable. The report examined whether the technology kno...
Harrell’s original plan for the city budget was to allocate $1 million to a gunfire detection system for specific neighborhoods. According to ShotSpotter’s website, this technology increases shots fired reports from 12% to 90%, decreases time to dispatch from 4.5 minutes to less than 60 sec...
and deter gun violence by incorporating a real-time gunshot detection system into their policing systems; and ShotSpotter Connect, a patrol management software to help plan directed patrols and tactics to deter a broad set of crime types. The company also provides ShotSpotter SecureCampus and Shot...
Proponents of the technology said this allows officers to respond much faster than waiting for calls through the traditional 911 system. "It absolutely works. We had 44,000 incidents of gunfire detected last year," Hopkins said. "To suggest it doesn't work you'd have to believe that there ...
During the meeting's public comment period, Sally Garza Fernandez, CEO of Safety Dynamics, a competing gunshot detection system, said their system is more precise than ShotSpotter, and their technology can detect gunfire within 0.4 seconds. ...
system relies on hundreds of sensors placed on more than 117 square miles of city streets. Sounds detected by those sensors are analyzed by ShotSpotter acoustic experts and analysts at Chicago Police strategic decision support centers before officers are dispatched to respond to alerts of gunf...
ShotSpotter is a high-tech gunshot detection system that can alert police to potential gunfire in seconds. The sound it detected that night was originally classified as a firecracker — but an analyst later determined it was a single gunshot. ShotSpotter says that is how their system...