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Peoria 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 Peoria Police Department
Location Peoria, IL
Technology Gunshot Detection
Vendor ShotSpotter

The Peoria Police Department began using ShotSpotter gunshot detection in 2013.

Links
Academic report (icjia.state.il.us)
Press release (Shotspotter)
News article (Associated Press)

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