ShotSpotter, a leader in solutions that help law enforcement officials identify, locate and deter gun violence, and the Gold Winner in the 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, report that, amongst its customers, San Diego, Palm Beach County, Florida and Salinas, California were among city areas with the largest reductions in gunfire in 2019 as compared to 2018.
ShotSpotter’s National Gunfire Index (NGI), is compiled annually based on U.S. cities using ShotSpotter technology during 2019.
ShotSpotter detected 141,452 total gunfire events in 2019, which is an increase of 32 percent over the 107,000 incidents reported in 2018, primarily due to the expansion of the ShotSpotter customer base and expansion of coverage areas for existing customers.
The accuracy of the ShotSpotter system reached an aggregated rate of 97 percent across all customers for 2019, including a very small false positive rate of less than 0.5 percent of all reported gunfire incidents.
ShotSpotter alerts are monitored 24/7 by acoustic technicians who review all gunshot events in the company’s Incident Review Center (IRC), after they have first been qualified by the patented machine classification system.
(‘ASTORS’ Award Winning ShotSpotter provides acoustic gunshot detection and precision-policing solutions to help law enforcement officials and security personnel prevent and reduce gun violence and make cities, campuses and facilities safer. See how it works. Courtesy of ShotSpotter and YouTube. Posted on Oct 9, 2019.)
According to the 2019 NGI, the city of San Diego, which has been a customer since 2016, experienced a significant 17 percent reduction in gunfire incidents in 2019 compared to 2018.
Furthermore, Palm Beach County, Florida has been using ShotSpotter for eight years and experienced a 12 percent decrease year over year, while Salinas, California, a ShotSpotter city since 2016, saw a 10 percent drop in gun violence in 2019 as compared to 2018.
“We continue to see reductions in gunfire incidents over time as a result of a multi-pronged initiative that includes technology such as ShotSpotter, community engagement and proactive policing,” explains Salinas Chief of Police, Adele Fresé.
“ShotSpotter has made a significant impact in our ability to respond to and deter gun violence in our city.”
(ShotSpotter picked up 5 gunshots on the 1300 block of Garner Ave in Salinas. Courtesy of KSBW Action News 8 and YouTube. Posted on May 16, 2017.)
While New Year’s Day and the Fourth of July are consistently known for higher gunfire activity due to celebratory use of guns, the NGI revealed that other holidays also saw increased gunfire activity in 2019 when compared to the previous year’s numbers for those days.
The holidays noted include Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Other key findings of the NGI include:
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The busiest hours of the day for gunfire incidents were from 11:00 pm to 1:00 am local time.
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The least active hours of the day for gunfire events were during the period from 7:00 am to 10:00 am.
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Saturday night continued to rank as the busiest night of the week for gunfire activity.
As a leader in gunshot detection, ShotSpotter has compiled one of the largest databases of gunfire statistics and trends in the world.
The companies data is available to hospitals, research institutions and other organizations to advance learning in areas such as measuring improvements in transport time of gunshot wound victims and understanding the impact of proximity to gun violence on overall physical and mental health.
“We are pleased to share the results of our annual ShotSpotter National Gunfire Index, which provides important data on gun violence trends and we believe can contribute to efforts to strategically combat gun violence,” said ShotSpotter President and CEO Ralph A. Clark in response to the 2019 NGI results.
“Despite the expanding shelter-in-place rules for COVID-19 in cities across the US, we are seeing similar levels of gunfire in the last few weeks relative to this time last year.”
“We appreciate the heroic efforts of law enforcement as they take on the virus and persistent community gun violence simultaneously.”
ShotSpotter Brings Home the Gold in 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards
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Best Gunshot Detection Solution
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ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection & Alert System
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ShotSpotter acoustic sensors are strategically placed in a coverage area and detect shots fired. Audio triangulation pinpoints gunfire location and machine-learning algorithms analyze the sound.
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Likely gunshots are transmitted to the Incident Review Center for evaluation and confirmed gunshots are published within seconds
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Alert notifications are sent to dispatch centers, patrol car MDTs and officer smartphones.
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ShotSpotter provides acoustic gunshot detection and precision-policing solutions to help law enforcement officials and security personnel prevent and reduce gun violence and make cities, campuses and facilities safer.
The company’s flagship product, ShotSpotter® Flex™, is the leading gunshot detection, location and forensic analysis system, and is trusted by more than 100 cities.
ShotSpotter® Missions™ uses artificial intelligence-driven analysis to help strategically plan patrol missions and tactics for maximum crime deterrence.
(See a 3 minute summary of our crime forecasting and patrol management software. Courtesy of ShotSpotter and YouTube. Posted on Jan 23, 2019.)
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