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East Orange 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 East Orange Police Department
Location East Orange, NJ
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor ShotSpotter

The East Orange Police Department has been using ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology since at least 2007.

Links
News article (Plainfield Today)
https://nj1015.com/in-njs-high-crime-cities-police-alerted-within-seconds-of-shots-being-fired/

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