With little left it its way, it seems likely the Gunshot Location System will be a viable tool for communities once it's perfected. And while placing microphones in residential areas could potentially raise skeptical eyebrows among citizens concerned about privacy, according to Wilkins that issue hasn't even been raised in Redwood City. There's not even an audible component hooked up to it, just software that alerts the dispatcher when it detects a gun shot. Overall, Miller said, residents in Redwood City have posed little resistance of any kind to the system. The system watches and records everything.
Police monitor the cameras inside a nearby kiosk.
Each camera keeps a record of a given area for up to four days. The videos will be used both to alert the police that a crime is occurring and to record an event, so that a record exists of what happened in a certain area. The system is expected to reduce emergency response time by almost 80 percent. D.C. The tests established a data set of high fidelity acoustic data relating to gunfire and similar events. The National Institute of Justice will select the city in which the prototype will be tested and will conduct the operational evaluation.