Skip to main content

Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities
with Open Source Research


Include the following technologies:

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

The Revere Police Department employs ShopSpotter gunshot detection technology.

Links
Vendor information (ShotSpotter.com)
Annual report (Revere Police Annual Report)
Social media (Revere Police Dept. Facebook)

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