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MI: Gunfire detection system will sweep Saginaw within three months
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Saginaw's police chief says crews likely will install a state-of-the-art gunfire detection system within 90 days...ShotSpotter is a sonar device that triangulates the time and origin of gunshot-like sounds using 15 to 20 microphones on structures or telephone poles within a mile radius. The devices alert authorities within seconds via computer using Global Positioning System navigation to point the way.
ShotSpotter officials say the devices have reduced gunfire rates by 60 to 80 percent and violent crime by 35 percent in the 30 cities that have adopted the technology.
The systems detect 80 to 150 gunfire incidents daily nationwide and cover about 100 square miles of U.S. streets where more than 680,000 residents live... |
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