GOOD LOOK: Gunshot Detection

The ability to locate a shooting quickly can help police catch bad guys and save lives. In Richmond, California, acoustic gunfire detection is doing just that. With acoustic sensors distributed around the city, dispatchers can use the sound of gunfire to pinpoint where a shooting happened, the number of shots fired, and even the kind of gun that was used.

Producer: Eve Marson
Editor: Jeff Conrad

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[kingssman2]

Lets see, gunshots fired, find a victim, arrive on the scene faster than somebody can call 9/11, victim is saved. Folks who disagree with this are probably people who desire to fire their guns in cities and not be known. AKA criminals

[CaneFu]

I wonder if this technology can also detect suppressed weapons? Obviously as this technology is used in more cities it will create a black market for gun silencers that gang members will no doubt get a hold of which would render this technology obsolete.

[LanceCampeau]

Very cool stuff....

[lozanomario94]

Fucken assholes can't even shoot anymore :-(

[DBKProductionsTV]

@olesto surpressed weapons r still pretty loud tho

[olesto]

step one: get gun with a silencer.

that's it.

[iknowmy3table]

there are unconfirmed reports that this technology is under development to protect military bases in Afghanistan, supposedly it'll even provide accurate coordinates for artillery and air strikes so we can blow up any insurgents who attack our bases

[stonerj0e]

so, it doesn't just detect gun shots . hmmmm ...

what else can be detected i wonder ? peoples conversations ?

[mattyohe]

@dayingyang0 Sure it has some false positives, but it also does lead to arrests in cases where the system accurately reports the gunshots. What would it take for this to not be a waste of money?

[dayingyang0]

@mattyohe - what part of false positive don't you understand? These systems are leased to the police departments at absurdly high annual rates and result in a large number of false positives, hence the waste of money.