ShotSpotter Customer Results

Real Results, Real Communities, Real Fast.

Since 1995, a growing number of cities and counties nationwide have chosen to deploy ShotSpotter Gunshot Location System (GLS) solutions. Police have credited ShotSpotter GLS solutions with hundreds of arrests and weapons seized, tens of lives saved, and reductions in homicides, gun violence (as high as 40% in coverage areas), and random gunfire (as high as 60-80%).

ShotSpotter GLS solutions have been used successfully by the FBI in domestic terrorism investigations and materially facilitated the arrest of the Ohio Highway “active shooter” in 2003-2004. In addition, forensic data provided by the ShotSpotter GLS data has been used in court to strengthen prosecutions.

One of the most impressive capabilities of the ShotSpotter GLS solutions, is that they can provide quick results. Many of our customers were finding victims and potentially saving lives within hours of deploying their systems.

See our interactive customer map for more successes and related news stories.

The following links highlight notable customer successes. Our hope is that this data can provide useful cases that can assist your agency in its mission.

BENEFIT

EXAMPLE

Assists in the reduction of violent crime

· Los Angeles, CA: 40% reduction in homicides in ShotSpotter coverage area over 3-year period.
Sources: ABC News Story and KABC Broadcast

· Montgomery, AL: 11.5% reduction in serious crimes.
Source: Montgomery, AL 2009 Part 1 Crime Statistics

· North Charleston, SC: 35% reduction in violent crime in ShotSpotter coverage area over 2-year period.
Source: Case Study: North Charleston, SC

· Rochester, NY: 43% reduction in gunfire in high crime area over 18-month period.
Source: Case Study: Rochester, NY

· Saginaw, MI: 58% reduction in homicides; 29% reduction in shootings; 23% reduction in violent crime over previous calendar year.
Source: WJRT Broadcast

Discourages random gunfire

· Redwood City, CA: 75% reduction since deployment.
Source: Testimonials.

· Rochester, NY: 43% reduction since deployment.
Source: Testimonials.

· Minneapolis, MN: 30% reduction within 30 days of deployment.
Source: Case Study: Minneapolis, MN.

Aids police in making arrests

· Gary, IN: single largest gun recovery (“bust”) in City history.
Source: Case Study: Gary, IN.

· Just Google “ShotSpotter arrest”—the results speak for themselves.

Aid in investigation and prosecution

· Los Angeles, CA: ShotSpotter data and ShotSpotter expert witness help convict two gunmen in capital murder charges in case where only witness was killed.
Source: Case Study: Los Angeles, CA.

· Saginaw, MI: ShotSpotter data influential in conviction of men for armed robbery, assault
Source: The Saginaw News article

· Washington, DC: ShotSpotter data help exonerate and return-to-service two officers accused of an improper shooting.
Source: Washington Post article.

Helps to maximize the use of scarce police resources

· Columbus, OH: police and FBI focus resources to catch Ohio highway “active shooter” Charles McCoy using ShotSpotter data.
Source: press release and FBI website.

· Birmingham, AL: data helps focus patrols in the right areas of the city at critical times.
Source: Dep. Chief. Ray Tubbs on WTII News story, Dec. 31, 2008 (Located at 1:13 in video).

· York, PA: police adjusting coverage and patrols thanks to ShotSpotter data.
Source: York, PA Police Commissioner Mark Whitman.

All television news stories referenced above are available in our news section