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Omaha 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 Omaha Police Department
Location Omaha, NE
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor ShotSpotter

The Omaha Police Department began using ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology in 2011.

Links
Government information (City of Omaha)
News article (NBC Omaha)
News article (Omaha World-Herald)

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