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Youngstown Police Department: Gunshot Detection

Agency Youngstown Police Department
Location Youngstown, OH
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor ShotSpotter

The Youngstown Police Department received a $530,000 federal grant to purchase ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology in 2010.

More about this technology

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