Before Portland’s elected leaders decide on a vendor for a gunshot detection pilot program, the public heard from two companies vying for a city contract. The city plans to launch a year-long pilot program in neighborhoods with frequent gun violence. During an April 25 community meeting held on Zoom, representatives with SoundThinking, the company formerly called ShotSpotter that sells technology under the ShotSpotter brand, said the gunshot detection hardware can identify gunfire with at least.
York City is once again exploring the possibility of installing a citywide security and surveillance network, a possibility that faced some opposition during previous community discussions.
ShotSpotter is coming to Holyoke. This is a good thing for the community and people who use ShotSpotter know that.As Mayor Joshua Garcia has acknowledged, more than 80% of gunfire goes unreported to the police. People don’t call 911 for many reasons..
The session, hosted at Smith Recreation Center, was the first of three public information sessions to be held by ShotSpotter representatives this week.