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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

Yarmouth Police Chief Frank Frederickson hoped the body-worn camera technology would be "operational" by September. But with Massachusetts mandating a city vote for system leases that go beyond three years, body-worn cameras won't find their focus in the city until 2022. "We expected that we would use them now," said Frederickson. "But when we got into the procurement process, we found that it was cheaper to get a five to ten year contract, and that requires a vote at the city council." Yarmouth voters approved at their city meeting on the 18th. Another vote is scheduled for Tuesday at a special session of the city to move forward with the new camera system program, said Bob Whritenour, Yarmouth city administrator. "The article makes it possible to lease police technology for a period of up to 10 years," said Whritenour. "Currently we are only allowed to finance such projects under state law for up to three years, unless the city set