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Champaign 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 Champaign Police Department
Location Champaign, IL
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor Flock Safety

The Champaign Police Department installed Flock Safety gunshot detection technology in late 2022.

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Government information (Chamgaign Police Department)

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