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Aventura 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 Aventura Police Department
Location Aventura, FL
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor

The Aventura Police Department implemented gunshot detection systems into the city's two charter schools in 2020.

Links
Annual report (City of Aventura)
Vendor information (Security Sales and Innovation)

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