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

The Brockton Police Department has been using ShotSpotter gunshot detection technologysince 2009.

Links
News article (The Enterprise)
Vendor information (ShotSpotter)

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