Reducing Gunfire Through Acoustic Technology
Gun violence is a highly-complex problem without a single solution. In cities across the country where gun crime has risen...
Link Analysis: An Overview
In the policing domain, these data points are usually people, locations, vehicles, property, organizations, and firearms. When visualizing this information,...
CompStat Policing: An Overview
What is CompStat? At its time, Compstat policing was a notable shift from a more reactive type of policing (that...
Introducing Data for Good: A Community-Based Program
Data for Good is a community-based program that shares precision data about where and when gun violence occurs so non-law...
Using Data to Build Safer Communities
ShotSpotter’s Director Community Engagement Dr. Gerard Tate was joined by Reverend Damita Davis-Howard from Ceasefire Oakland, John Bush from the...
The Art and Science of a Gun Crime Investigation
There’s no substitute for the fresh opportunity to collect evidence, interview witnesses, and provide community support. What you do in...
The Importance of Law Enforcement Collaboration
I was one of the panelists along with former ATF Associate Deputy Director and ShotSpotter’s VP of Analytics & Forensic...
Directed Patrol vs. Hotspot Analysis
This is largely due to the increase in using data to identify problems and direct preventative efforts. Introducing science in...
Majority of Americans Support Acoustic Gunshot Detection
Twelve major U.S. cities set homicide records in 2021. As yet another summer surge storms into fall, a national debate...
Gun Violence Prevention Best Practices: Part One
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were roughly 21,000 deaths (not counting suicides) and 41,000 injuries due to guns...
ARPA Funding: More Money is Available to Address Rising Gun Violence
Fighting Crime with the American Rescue Plan Act Last year, President Biden provided guidance that American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)...
Why a Problem-Oriented Policing Approach is the Future of Patrol
And high-visibility police patrols are a proven crime deterrent. But tight budgets and staffing challenges have increasingly made staffing patrol...