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Georgia Tech 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 Georgia Tech Police Department
Location Atlanta, GA
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor Fusus

The Georgia Tech Police Department uses gunshot detection system, which it accesses using Fūsus software.

Links
Press release (Fusus)

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