Mansfield Police Department: Gunshot Detection

Illustration of how gunshot detection would function in an urban area — Sensors triangulate the location of gunfire.
Credit: ShotSpotter/City of Seattle

Agency	Mansfield Police Department
Location	Mansfield, OH
Technology	Gunshot Detection
Vendor	ShotSpotter

The Mansfield Police Department received a $272,000 state grant to increase the square mileage covered by gunshot detection technology in 2024. The agency acquired ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology in 2020.

Links
Press release (ShotSpotter)
News article (Mansfield News Journal)
Government information (State of Ohio)

More about this technology

A system of acoustic sensors mounted on street lights or on the sides of buildings that passively listen for gunshots.