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Minneapolis Police Department: Gunshot Detection

Agency Minneapolis Police Department
Location Minneapolis, MN
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor ShotSpotter

The Minneapolis Police Department has been using ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology since 2007. It expanded its use of ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology to encompass a wider area in 2019.

More about this technology

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