Miami 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	Miami Police Department
Location	Miami, FL
Technology	Gunshot Detection
Vendor	ShotSpotter

Miami Police Department began using Shotspotter gunshot detection technology in 2014 and tripled the area covered in 2017.

Links
News article (Miami Herald)

More about this technology

Gunshot detection is a technology law enforcement uses to receive alerts on where gunfire may occur in neighborhoods. This technology relies on a series of acoustic sensors mounted on street lights or on the sides of buildings. When a loud noise triggers the sensors, software triangulates the estimated location of the gunfire.