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Columbus 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 Columbus Police Department
Location Columbus, OH
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor ShotSpotter

The Columbus Police Department has used ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology since 2018.

Links
News article (The Columbus Dispatch)
Public records (Columbus Police Department)

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