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Rocky Mount 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 Rocky Mount Police Department
Location Rocky Mount, NC
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor ShotSpotter

The Rocky Mount Police Department began using Shotspotter gunshot detection technology in 2011.

Links
Press release (Business Wire)

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