Metropolitan Police Department: Gunshot Detection
Agency | Metropolitan Police Department |
Location | Washington, DC |
Technology | Gunshot Detection |
Vendor | ShotSpotter |
The Metropolitan Police Department finished building out its ShotSpotter gunshot detection system in 2009.
Links
News article (The Washington Post)
News article (DCist)
Other (mpdc.dc.gov)
Other (www.forbes.com)
More about this technology
Gunshot detection is a technology law enforcement uses to receive alerts on where gunfire may occur in neighborhoods. This technology relies on a series of acoustic sensors mounted on street lights or on the sides of buildings. When a loud noise triggers the sensors, software triangulates the estimated location of the gunfire.