Couldn’t this money be better spent hiring more police?
ShotSpotter systems are not a replacement for the hard work of law enforcement professionals. ShotSpotter GLS is generally acquired through separate funding streams than the operational budgets that pay police salaries. Since the ShotSpotter GLS classifies impulse sounds as threatening or non-threatening (e.g. fireworks, motorcycles), agencies will save time and money by not deploying personnel to “false alarms”. The ShotSpotter GLS also helps Investigators and Detectives save time collecting forensic evidence for building cases.
