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Paterson Police Department: Gunshot Detection

Agency Paterson Police Department
Location Paterson, NJ
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor ShotSpotter

The Paterson Police Department implemented ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology in 2007.

More about this technology

A system of acoustic sensors mounted on street lights or on the sides of buildings that passively listen for gunshots.