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Bakersfield Police Department: Gunshot Detection

Agency Bakersfield Police Department
Location Bakersfield, CA
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor ShotSpotter

Bakersfield Police Department has been using Shotspotter gunshot detection technology since March 2018. The initial two-year contract was paid for with a $450,000 Project Safe Neighborhood Grant,.

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