Gunshot sensors to arrive in Elm City
In 2003, a sniper who struck repeatedly along a Columbus, Ohio, highway was apprehended with the help of gunshot-detection technology. Now, the same company that provided the technology to Columbus has been commissioned by the New Haven Police Department to install gunshot detectors in the Elm City.
The ShotSpotter Gunshot Location System detects gunfire and triangulates its position via a network of sensors, alerting 911 dispatchers and providing an audio clip of each event identified as gunfire. Although a spokesman for the NHPD declined to give any specifics on the location of...
What parties would "reasonable suspicion" cover in the event this imperfect system thought it had identified a shot? Everyone within 50 feet? A hundred? A block? By the time the NHPD responded to a suspected gunshot, and alledged perp could be two or more blocks away. The community certainly won't inform on anyone and unless you plan to block streets and search everyone, a block wide excuse of reasonable suspicion is weak at best. Just one more public relations ploy by the city to give the impression of safety. I'll sure be happier when at least some machine can record the shot that gets me on my way to dinner. Safer feeling already! Thanks Mayor John!
Presumably this welcome news will ease the minds of prospective members of the Class of 2013 and their parents, and give a timely boost to the yield rate!