ShotSpotter Gunshot Location System® (GLS) solutions have become mission-essential tools for reducing gunfire, fighting violent crime, and enhancing security to a growing list of public safety, security, and defense agencies around the world. ShotSpotter GLS solutions improve the timeliness and overall intelligence that agencies receive regarding gunfire, explosions, and other violent threats.
Never before have agencies had the benefit of real-time alerts that identify exactly where an incident has occurred and situational intelligence of what transpired. (more so than can be derived from citizen 9-1-1 calls for service*).
The combination of the system’s real-time alerts and comprehensive gunfire activity intelligence also positively impacts the response and investigation of gunfire incidents.
ShotSpotter GLS solutions have been attributed to saving lives, reducing violent crime and gunfire in communities around the world.
* ShotSpotter customer data reveals that citizen reports of gunfire activity in violence prone communities is as low as 20%. The data further reveals the calls reach 9-1-1 centers up to 4 minutes after the incident and rarely can callers identify precisely where an incident occurred.
Real-time Incident Detection and Location
ShotSpotter GLS solutions use acoustic sensors deployed over areas from one square mile up to hundreds of linear miles to locate gunfire and other violent threats within seconds. When an impulsive sound is detected within a ShotSpotter GLS coverage area, the system springs into action; accurately locating the incident (within 25 meters) and classifying the impulsive sound as a violent threat or an everyday sound (e.g. car backfire or firecracker). Detailed alert information, including actual audio recording clips, is quickly relayed to dispatch communications centers, command stations, and field-based vehicles. Alert information is geo-referenced and visually displayed by the ShotSpotter PSC user interface.
Detailed incident information is logged and stored into a database.Data includes a geo-reference location cross-referenced to a nearest street address. When multiple firearm rounds are discharged, detailed information even includes the direction and speed of shooters on the move (i.e., as in the case of “drive by” shootings”).
Incident audio information is captured and instantly accessible via the ShotSpotter PSC for risk and threat analysis. This data enables rapid assessment of the incident, its severity and risk to responders and the surrounding area. Aided with this immediate situational awareness, agency personnel can quickly and decisively dispatch the appropriate force response and emergency medical assistance to the exact and correct location.
Historical incident activity provides forensic and related crime information for investigations, prosecutions, and effective resource allocation. Patterns and trends are revealed on the ShotSpotter PSC and also by reviewing the supplied analytic reports that can be used to drive intelligence-led policing and effectively manage resources to maximize crime stoppage. Data can be used to create custom reports and can be exported to third party crime analysis tools. This allows agencies to deeply analyze the system data, merge it with other crime activity to reveal possible suspects and victims. Examples include analyzing gunfire activity for correlation to the locations of persons on probation and parole, locations of known drug dealers, detecting repeat occurrences at the same location, and other analyses never before possible.
Through effective and broad adoption of ShotSpotter GLS solutions, agencies can vastly improve the way that they respond to and prevent violent threats.
Our customers' results speak for themselves.
How ShotSpotter GLS Solutions Work
ShotSpotter GLS solutions use patented technology and the principle of triangulation to accurately detect and locate gunfire and explosions within seconds.
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