Protecting Your Community from Gun Violence

According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were roughly 21,000 deaths homicides and 41,000 injuries due to guns in America in 2021. Furthermore, a 2019 report from the House Joint Economic Committee estimated that gun violence costs the US $229 billion a year in lost income and in police and health care expenses. At a time of rising crime and law enforcement staffing shortages, investing in force multiplying technologies is critical to make policing better and keep communities safer.

Research from the Brookings Institution states that over 80% of gunfire incidents go unreported to 9-1-1, and the repercussions of underreporting are serious. It can mean that gunshot wound victims may not receive lifesaving help, that gun crime cases go unsolved, and that law enforcement’s inability to respond to crimes leads to normalized violence and community distrust. ShotSpotter is our acoustic gunshot detection system that alerts police to virtually all gunfire within a city’s ShotSpotter coverage area within 60 seconds. Mayors across more than 140 cities are leveraging ShotSpotter technology to tackle the complex problem of gun violence.
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