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Metropolitan Police Department: Gunshot Detection

Agency Metropolitan Police Department
Location Washington, DC
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor ShotSpotter

The Metropolitan Police Department finished building out its ShotSpotter gunshot detection system in 2009.

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