July 2016 Group Watch: Birmingham Funding ShotSpotter
The Birmingham Police Department has been using ShotSpotter, a gun location and detection service since 2008. The Birmingham City Council approved paying more than $52,000 to let officers keep using the gunfire detection system. The detection system can determine the difference between a gunshot and something else like a firecracker. If a sound goes off like gunfire, sensors will triangulate the sound and get as close as possible.
