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Metropolitan Nashville 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 Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
Location Nashville, TN
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor ShotSpotter

The Nashville Police Department has deployed a ShotSpotter gunshot detection system and committed $800,000 to the program's expansion in its 2022-2023 budget.

Links
Government budget/purchasing (City of Nashville)
News article (The Enterprise)

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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