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DeSoto 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 DeSoto Police Department
Location DeSoto, TX
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor Shotspotter

The DeSoto Police Department has installed gunshot technology in a 2-square mile area of town.

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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