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Cambridge 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 Cambridge Police Department
Location Cambridge, MA
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor ShotSpotter

The Cambridge Police Department began using Shotspotter gunshot detection technology in 2014.

Links
Press release (Cambridge MA)

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