ShotSpotter Customer Testimonials

Charleston, South Carolina:

"It's a wonderful new tool; the criminal element should be worried."
- Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Charleston, SC

"We've got officers on the street before calls start coming in."
- Maj. Herbert Whetsel, Charleston Police Department

Franklin County, Ohio:

"Knowing the precise location and timing of a shooting within seconds is crucial"
- Det. Sgt. Ross Staggs, Franklin County Sheriff's Dept, OH

"The ShotSpotter Gunshot Location System does exactly what it promises to do."
- Det. Sgt. Ross Staggs, Franklin County, OH Sheriff's Department

Gary, Indiana:

"As fast as bullets went into the air, we were arresting shooters."
"We were getting things like 'in the backyard, ten feet back'. That allowed us to collect shell casings, evidence and also to respond very quickly to an incident where shots were fired."
- Gary Chief of Police

Glendale, Arizona:

"It will make people think twice before firing into the air."
- Officer Matt Brown, Glendale, AZ Police Department

Minneapolis, Minnesota:

"We saw, in the first 30 days, a 30% drop in complaints of shots fired."
- Gary Schiff, Minneapolis, MN Councilmember

"Sixty-nine ShotSpotter calls in the first 30 days results in six arrests and three recovered weapons."
- Lt. Gary Reinhardt, Minneapolis Police Department

"Response time to ShotSpotter has been less than a minute."
- Chief Tim Dolan, Minneapolis, MN Police Department

"ShotSpotter is a better compass to point officers in the right direction."
-Lt. Amelia Huffman, Minneapolis Police Department

North Charleston, South Carolina:

First Day of Deployment: "ShotSpotter helped us get a stolen gun off the streets."
- Lt. Reggie Burgess, North Charleston Police Department

"Alerted by the ShotSpotter System, police arrived just three minutes after the shots were fired."
- North Charleston Police Department

"This gives us a step up over the bad guys."
- Mayor Keith Summey, North Charleston, SC

Oakland, California:

"When you roll on a ShotSpotter call, you're going to be raised up and ready."
- Officer Abdullah Dadgar, Oakland Police Department

"We were actually able to take a gang member into custody [although] nobody ever called 911. Without ShotSpotter, we would not have even known to respond."
- Lt. Pete Sarna, Oakland Police Department

Redwood City, CA:

"Since the very first installation, we've seen a 75% decrease in gunfire in our jurisdiction."
- Chief Carlos G. Bolanos, Redwood City, CA Police Department

Rochester, New York:

"The city of Rochester has seen a 43 percent reduction in gunfire since the system went live in July of 2006. Within 48 hours of turning the system on we had our first felony arrest,"
- Mike Bialaszewski, Research and Evaluation Division, Rochester NY Police Department

"[ShotSpotter] is like having extra patrol officers on the street."
- Mayor Robert Duffy, Rochester, NY

Washington, DC:

"The more we expand [ShotSpotter], the more accurate it gets."
- Acting Chief Cathy L. Lanier, Washington, DC Police Department

"The technology has guided police to three homicides in Southeast Washington, and in one case officers got there rapidly enough to make an arrest."
- Washington Post

"We get there sooner, which means we're more likely to catch the person responsible. For an injured person, it can be the difference between living and dying."
- Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey