Kevin Murphy has an interesting system called "ShotSpotter" that's just debuted in St. Louis. The city has a network of listening devices throughout the city, which lets police know whenever a shot is fired. No more waiting for a 911 call. And best yet, the system is trained to know the difference between a shot and a firecracker, and can tell whether it was fired from a moving vehicle.
KCPD doesn't have it YET, but is trying to secure grants to guy ShotSpotter, Murphy reports.
So this assumes every shot fired is a criminal act, and it provides no information on who or where the shooter is. Sounds like a waste of money to me. Not all new technology is worth having.
Posted by: kay | Sunday, July 06, 2008 at 08:04 AM
Brother-in-law effect at it's best. sounds like the guy that invented this thing is living in some congressman's basement because he's his brother in law. so he invents this junk and his brother sells it to them to get this guy enough money to get out of his basement.
Posted by: D-man | Sunday, July 06, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Seems to me in ST Louis you could hear the guns shots if you just open a window.
Posted by: Searching | Monday, July 07, 2008 at 07:53 AM
this is a wonderful technology that was profiled in the magazine Wired about a year ago
Posted by: robert | Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 06:56 PM