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Bakersfield 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 Bakersfield Police Department
Location Bakersfield, CA
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor ShotSpotter

Bakersfield Police Department has been using Shotspotter gunshot detection technology since March 2018. The initial two-year contract was paid for with a $450,000 Project Safe Neighborhood Grant,.

Links
News article (Eyewitness News)
Government information (Bakersfield Police Department)
News article (FOX Bakersfield Now)
Other (www.turnto23.com)
Other (www.youtube.com)
Other (www.youtube.com)
Other (www.bakersfield.com)
Other (www.shotspotter.com)
Other (www.therip.com)
Other (www.kget.com)

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