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Poughkeepsie 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 Poughkeepsie Police Department
Location Poughkeepsie, NY
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor Flock Safety

The City of Poughkeepsie Police Department signed a contract with Flock Safety to implement a gunshot detection device.

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