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May 13, 2008

Newark Picks Shotspotter

[From City picks gunshot detection system - NJ.com]

Newark has chosen Shotspotter for a gunshot detection system over competing systems from Safety Dynamics (SENTRI) and Planning Systems (SECURES).

Gunshot detectors will be mounted on structures over a 7-square-mile area. When triggered, Shotspotter sensors will provide police with the location, number of shooters, and number of shots fired. . . . Shotspotter's Gunshot Location System has also been installed in 27 cities around the country, including Washington, D.C., and East Orange. Newark's neighboring municipality first introduced gunshot detectors made by Planning Systems Inc. in 2005, and deployed a Shotspotter system in 2006, according to Detective Andrew DiElmo of the East Orange Police Department. Both systems are in operation in East Orange.

Gunshot detectors are viewed as a "useful tool" for investigative purposes, and the East Orange police also considers it a crime deterrent, DiElmo said. However, there have been issues about gunshots that go undetected by sensors. "Does it work 100 percent of the time? No," said DiElmo. "We have had incidents where the sensors haven't alerted us."

Posted by rshah at May 13, 2008 03:05 PM

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