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Mobile 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 Mobile Police Department
Location Mobile, AL
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor ShotSpotter

The city of Mobile began using Shotspotter gunshot technology in spring 2022. The technology is integrated into a camera network.

Links
News article (Governing)

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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