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Miami Police Department: Gunshot Detection

Illustration of how gunshot detection would function in an urban area
Sensors triangulate the location of gunfire.
Credit: ShotSpotter/City of Seattle
Agency Miami Police Department
Location Miami, FL
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor ShotSpotter

Miami Police Department began using Shotspotter gunshot detection technology in 2014 and tripled the area covered in 2017.

Links
News article (Miami Herald)

More about this technology

A system of acoustic sensors mounted on street lights or on the sides of buildings that passively listen for gunshots.

Illustration of how gunshot detection would function in an urban area
Sensors triangulate the location of gunfire.
Credit: ShotSpotter/City of Seattle