A gunshot detection system used in Chicago and other major cities that alerts police in real-time to the location of gunfire has launched in the south suburbs.
Calumet City announced Tuesday [April 3] its deployment of ShotSpotter, a technology that uses strategically placed acoustic sensors to pinpoint gunfire and alert police within seconds of the precise location of that gunfire, the number of shooters and rounds fired, and the type of weapons being discharged…Please click here to read Zak Koeske’s story in the Tribune/Daily Southtown.