ShotSpotter Announces Grand Opening of New Washington D.C.-Based High Tech Gunshot Incident Review Center
July 14, 2021 at 04:37 pm EDT
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ShotSpotter, Inc. announced it has opened a Washington D.C. satellite office, which includes an Incident Review Center (IRC) that monitors gunfire for law enforcement customers across the U.S., Caribbean and South Africa. The announcement was made as part of an event held now, hosted by ShotSpotter President and CEO Ralph A. Clark with special guest speaker Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. ShotSpotter will now have IRC centers located on both coasts, Washington, D.C. and at its headquarters in Silicon Valley, providing added capacity and important resiliency. Staffed with highly trained acoustic experts, the center reviews likely gunfire detected and classified by an artificial intelligence-driven system. These reviewers then analyze the sounds and waveforms and either send an alert notification to local law enforcement to generate a police response or dismiss it. The entire transaction from initial gunfire to alert takes less than 60 seconds.
SoundThinking, Inc., formerly ShotSpotter, Inc., is a public safety technology company that combines transformative solutions and strategic advisory services for law enforcement and civic leadership. The Company is focused on public safety through law enforcement tools and community-focused solutions for non-law enforcement entities to utilize for a holistic approach to violence prevention, social services and economic assistance. The Companyâs SafetySmart platform includes ShotSpotter, the acoustic gunshot detection system; CrimeTracer, the law enforcement search engine; CaseBuilder, a one-stop investigation management system; and ResourceRouter, software that directs patrol and community anti-violence resources to help maximize their impact. ShotSpotter is an acoustic gunshot detection system that alerts police to virtually all gunfire within a coverage area in less than 60 seconds, helping reduce police response times to gun crimes and saving lives.