CLEVELAND, Ohio – Growing national research shows that the gunshot detection system used in Cleveland helps police respond to shootings but does little to reduce crime or improve case outcomes. A new ...

When a gun is fired in New Bedford, there's currently an audio detection tool in place to alert police.

A Duke Law evaluation of Fayetteville's ShotSpotter program showed faster police response times but no decrease in gun crime. While some City Council members support renewing the ShotSpotter contract, ...

On Tuesday, the Aurora City Council gave final approval for the city to renew its contract with ShotSpotter, a service that detects gunfire within a certain area, for three years. The city has used ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are hundreds of hidden microphones throughout parts of Columbus. They vary by appearance and are attached on the sides of ...

I had one sure takeaway from the Fayetteville City Council’s hour-and-a-half-long discussion on ShotSpotter on Sept. 2. ShotSpotter is the pricey gunshot detection system by SoundThinking that is ...

Sacramento Police Chief Katherine Lester stands near a display, depicting drugs and firearms seized from dealers and buyers in the city’s downtown core, during a news conference at City Hall on July ...

For the past three years, an unidentifiable amount of security cameras equipped to detect the sounds of gunfire have given Cleveland police slightly increased response times to shooting incidents but ...

This story originally published online at The Assembly. Not long after midnight in early October 2023, Lawrence Artis walked across an empty parking lot in one of the many strip malls that have earned ...

It's impossible to put a price on saving one human life. So, if the ShotSpotter gunfire detection system operated by Columbus police helps officers and paramedics respond faster to find shooting ...