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Phillipsburg 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 Phillipsburg Police Department
Location Phillipsburg, NJ
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor SoundThinking

The Phillipsburg Police Department uses SoundThinking's ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology. The agency purchased the technology using $297,000 of American Rescue Plan Act funding.

Links
News article (The Trace)

More about this technology

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

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