ShotSpotter is an innovative Gunfire Location System currently
used in over 40 cities in the United States.

The metropolitan regions in Brazil can already count on a new technology capable of detecting and locating the occurrence of shots of firearms, and to reduce rates of violence. Detection system Shots of firearms ShotSpotter works through sensors installed in large urban areas, and enables the deployment of efficient policing programs and reorientation of public policies geared towards security. The ShotSpotter, Inc. is the world leader in providing this type of technology and is deploying the system for over 10 years in American cities such as Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Chicago, Boston and San Francisco. In Brazil the system already works in Canoes, Rio Grande do Sul, and soon will come into operation in Rio de Janeiro.

In ShotSpotter sensors disguised and audio are installed in urban areas so as to ensure complete and permanent coverage of the regions.

In case of shooting firearm in perimeter covered by technology sensors detect and send instant alerts to a central. Alerts can also be sent to portable devices that are used by police in vehicles. The sophistication of the instruments enables still distinguish immediately, with high degree of accuracy, which is shooting firearm or shooting than is Fireworks or other event, according to the acoustic signature.

The ShotSpotter System is the only one that makes noise recording of the incident, the way that was captured by the sensors. This gives police operators the unique ability to rescan the noise before making the final decision of resource mobilization.

In more than 50 American cities in which was installed the ShotSpotter System has helped communities to reduce substantially the incidence of shots (up to 70%) and the number of homicides (by up to 40% in the case of Los Angeles), making cities safer. Real-time data and historical information provided by the system allow authorities to locate, analyze, prioritize, and respond quickly and appropriately to isolated incidents and trends of crime.

For its ability to monitor online and generate automatically, without human interference, reports and charts on one of the most important indicators of crime – shots of firearms – the ShotSpotter System is an important tool for a modern policing, aligned and integrated with the community.

The ShotSpotter System is a proven instrument in reducing the number of violent offences, particularly homicides.