Cleveland police embrace cutting edge technology that detects sound of gunfire, alerts officers
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WJW) - Cleveland police use state-of-the-art technology called Shot Spotter, which detects the sound of gunfire and notifies local police officers via their phones and on-board computers. Northeast Ohio woman who was attacked by wasps credits Alexa with saving her life During a meeting of the Cleveland City Council's Public Safety Committee, Ron Teachman of ShotSpotter Inc. told council members, “Preliminary data shows that only 15% of gunshot alerts were public emergency, which would mean 85% of the time without a shotspotter the reaction time is never because the police don't know anything about the shots In less than 60 seconds after the trigger, we send the police to the scene with tactical intelligence to ensure a safer reaction. " During Wednesday's session, council members were briefed on a pilot project that launched in November with Shot Spotter covering an area of three square miles in the city's fourth dist