Skip to main content

Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities
with Open Source Research


Include the following technologies:

Sikeston Department of Public Safety: 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 Sikeston Department of Public Safety
Location Sikeston, MO
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor SoundThinking

The Sikeston Police Department received a federal grant in 2023 to fund a ShotSpotter gunshot detection system.

Links
Government information (Sikeston)

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