May 2009, 5:30pm - Multiple shots ring out in a west coast city.

Within seconds, the ShotSpotter GLS detects the incident and classifies it as multiple gunshots. Audio and visual data are sent by the GLS to police command center.

Police dispatch reviews the incident data and notifies nearby officers to look at the side of the residence. Officers on scene locate two weapons leaning up against the house; an SKS rifle with the butt-end sawed off and a semi-automatic pistol. A search of the residence turns up a second handgun. The weapons are confiscated and submitted for fingerprinting to determine whether they are connected to other crimes.

In a trend that is all too common in urban areas, only one 9-1-1 call is received, and it arrives 20 minutes after the incident.

Thanks to solid police work and the comprehensive incident data from the ShotSpotter GLS, additional threats have been removed from our streets.

Weapons confiscated

SKS rifle with butt-end sawed off

Semi-automatic handgun

Semi-automatic handgun

About the Success of the Month

Each month we feature an incident where a customer’s ShotSpotter Gunshot Location System played an integral role in removing a threat from our streets. The ShotSpotter GLS provides law enforcement with near real-time alerts, aggregated intelligence data, and forensic data that regularly lead to a successful arrests, weapons confiscations and prosecutions. Please note that some incident details have been altered to preserve both customer and public privacy.