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Richmond Police Department: Gunshot Detection

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

The Richmond Police Department has installed ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology over six square miles of the city's "most troubled geography."

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