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New Jersey State Police: 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 New Jersey State Police
Location Trenton, NJ
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor SoundThinking

The New Jersey State Police uses SoundThinking's Shotspotter gunshot detection system.

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Social media (New Jersey State Police's Facebook page)

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