Posted June 6, 2018 10:30 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

Screenshot of SpotSpotter Flex Incident Reports Portal shows details of a gunfire incident, including the precise location of the incident on a map, aerial or birds-eye view. Baltimore is the latest city to adopt the platform (Photo: ShotSpotter)
The nation’s most dangerous city is already logging gunfire through the use of a gunshot detection system that went live last week.
Baltimore announced last Thursday that the ShotSpotter system now covers five square miles of the city. On Friday, police said the system had captured four incidents of gunfire on its first night of use.
“We are confident that the implementation of this sophisticated intelligence gathering capability will enhance our efforts to get illegal guns and criminals off our streets,” said Mayor Catherine Pugh.
The $860,000 system of audio sensors tied to an Incident Review Center that analyzes the data is paid for through a $5 million donation from former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced last December that included not only ShotSpotter but also more surveillance cameras and license plate readers. Baltimore was awarded $368,130 in federal grant money in 2015 to pay for a gunshot detection system but never went through with the deal.
Deployed to over 90 cities, ShotSpotter has seen mixed reviews.
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Source: Guns.com

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