by Brianna Crandall — November 7, 2016 — SST, Inc., a global provider of gunfire detection and analysis, has just announced that six new cities — including San Diego, California and San Antonio, Texas — have selected its ShotSpotter Flex cloud-based technology to help the local law enforcement agencies prevent and reduce gun violence in their cities. SST also announced expanded coverage areas for eight cities already successfully using ShotSpotter gunfire technology, including New York City, Chicago, Miami-Dade County, and Birmingham, Alabama.
According to the company’s Web site, ShotSpotter uniquely offers wide-area protection for civilian and critical infrastructure applications. Its “first-in-kind” technology detects a full range of gunfire sounds from any direction, covers a large geographic area, and collects data that helps communities define the scope of illegal gunfire. Multiple collaborating sensors calculate the geolocation of the attack. The solution delivers real-time, actionable information and creates a database of incidents and trends.
Screenshot: Gunfire incident roadmap and situation detail
In addition to San Diego and San Antonio, the new cities that recently deployed ShotSpotter include Salinas, California; Hillsborough, Florida; Goldsboro, North Carolina; and Cape Town, South Africa. ShotSpotter is a proven solution provider with more than 90 installations across the United States and the world, giving added assurance of security to all the facilities covered.
Birmingham, Alabama, has been using ShotSpotter for nine years in an eight-square-mile area of the city, and has recently expanded its gunfire detection area to cover a full 20 square miles.
Chief of Police A.C. Roper of Birmingham, Alabama, stated:
ShotSpotter is a critical tool in our law enforcement operations. In fact, the ShotSpotter system is now part of our DNA in regards to reducing gun violence and improving the quality of life in our neighborhoods.
Other cities expanding ShotSpotter gunfire detection coverage include: New York City, Chicago, Miami-Dade County, Fresno, Denver, Sacramento, and Riviera Beach. The total new ShotSpotter coverage mileage is 118 miles for a total coverage area of more than 400 miles.
SST says it continues to innovate and offer new capabilities and expanded benefits to the ShotSpotter technology. The company recently announced a new mobile app designed to extend ShotSpotter with real-time gunfire alerts delivered anytime, anywhere on any iOS or Android mobile phone, tablet or desktop. With the new mobile app, more law enforcement users will have access to the valuable ShotSpotter service beyond the dispatch office or squad car.
SST continues to leverage ecosystem partnership relationships with Amazon Web Services and GE Current Lighting organizations, further extending the ShotSpotter brand and enabling more cities to benefit from gunshot detection technology.
Visit the SST Web site for more information on the gunfire detection technology and a case study video of San Francisco’s usage of the ShotSpotter solution.
