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Little Rock 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 Little Rock Police Department
Location Little Rock, AK
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor SoundThinking

The Little Rock Police Department has a $188,000 subscription for SoundThinking's ShotSpotter gunshot detection system.

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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