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From: "Its from Onion" <areda..._at_msn.com>
Subject: ShotSpotter
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:37:57 -0600
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Gunfire kills and wounds a lot of people in Birmingham every year. So many=
shootings is one of the reasons Birmingham is called one of the most dange=
rous cities in the country.
About a year ago, Birmingham's then-new police chief, A.C. Roper, and his d=
epartment brought in new technology, called ShotSpotter<
http://www.shotspot=
ter.com/>, to help stop the madness.
ShotSpotter uses hidden audio sensors to detect gunfire. The technology can=
tell the difference between a firecracker and a gunshot. It can pinpoint =
a shooting location within feet. =20
=20
In August, 2008, Shotspotter captured thirteen gunshots ringing out on 17th=
Place Southwest in Birmingham. One of those bullets killed 17-year-old La=
wanda Russell, who was caught in the crossfire on her way home from a neigh=
borhood store.
Sergeant Carolyn Lavender is a dispatch supervisor in Birmingham. She says=
the ShotSpotter system has revolutionized the way the department responds =
to and investigates gunfire. "The dispatchers can actually hear the ShotSp=
otter go off and they can immediately dispatch a car to the scene. And we'=
ve also had detectives come down to see where the shots were fired from and=
grids off of the map."
Lavender says before ShotSpotter, citizens would call police about shots fi=
red a dozen times a month.
The first year of ShotSpotter paints a more accurate picture of gun activit=
y. During 2008, Birminghamofficers were dispatched on 4,836 ShotSpotter ca=
lls. That's more than a dozen shootings in the city every day. And that's o=
nly the pockets of the city covered by the ShotSpotter system.
The police department won't release the exact location of the high tech sen=
sors, but there are still several neighborhoods outside the ShotSpotter umb=
rella.
Right now there are 90 ShotSpotter sensors covering six square miles. The =
department would like to add more of the devices, which cost three thousand=
dollars apiece.
Deputy Chief Ray Tubbs said, "You've got to look at the monetary cost of th=
at. I would tell you we've got to utilize what we've got now better and the=
n while we're doing that want to look at adding sensors."
Just last week Shotspotter officials were in town to suggest ways to take a=
dvantage of the technology.
Jerry Davis, ShotSpotter's chief operating officer said, "If they've got an=
area where there is a lot of gunfire they'll put the notification on the d=
oorknobs and let these people know that are shooting their guns that hey, w=
e're watching and we're going to get you. And the whole idea is to get the=
gunfire down."
Deputy Chief Tubbs said implementing community-oriented strategies like tha=
t will help them tap ShotSpotter's full potential. "We've been going on th=
e calls. We've been arresting where we could. We're going to take that to=
another level and we're going to do things that prevent the gunfire from h=
appening in the first place."
Hopefully that will help prevent senseless shootings like the one which kil=
led Lawanda Russell.
Deputy Chief Tubbs said ShotSpotter has directly led to a few arrests. Tha=
t group includes James Rogers who officers arrested in January, 2008 after =
ShotSpotter detected two dozen gunshots by an automatic weapon in east Birm=
ingham.=20
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<P>Gunfire kills and wounds a lot of people in Birmingham every year. =
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many shootings is one of the reasons Birmingham is called one of the most=
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dangerous cities in the country.</P>
<P>About a year ago, Birmingham=92s then-new police chief, A.C. Roper, and =
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department brought in new technology, called <A=20
title=3D
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madness.</P>
<P>ShotSpotter uses hidden audio sensors to detect gunfire. The technology =
can=20
tell the difference between a firecracker and a gunshot. It can pinpo=
int a=20
shooting location within feet. <BR> <BR>In August, 2008,=
=20
Shotspotter captured thirteen gunshots ringing out on 17th Place Southwest =
in=20
Birmingham. One of those bullets killed 17-year-old Lawanda Russell, =
who=20
was caught in the crossfire on her way home from a neighborhood store.</P>
<P>Sergeant Carolyn Lavender is a dispatch supervisor in Birmingham. =
She=20
says the ShotSpotter system has revolutionized the way the department respo=
nds=20
to and investigates gunfire. =93The dispatchers can actually hear the=
=20
ShotSpotter go off and they can immediately dispatch a car to the scene.&nb=
sp;=20
And we=92ve also had detectives come down to see where the shots were fired=
from=20
and grids off of the map.=94</P>
<P>Lavender says before ShotSpotter, citizens would call police about shots=
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fired a dozen times a month.</P>
<P>The first year of ShotSpotter paints a more accurate picture of gun=20
activity. During 2008, Birminghamofficers were dispatched on 4,836=20
ShotSpotter calls. That=92s more than a dozen shootings in the city every d=
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that=92s only the pockets of the city covered by the ShotSpotter system.</P=
>
<P>The police department won=92t release the exact location of the high tec=
h=20
sensors, but there are still several neighborhoods outside the ShotSpotter=
=20
umbrella.</P>
<P>Right now there are 90 ShotSpotter sensors covering six square miles.&nb=
sp;=20
The department would like to add more of the devices, which cost three thou=
sand=20
dollars apiece.</P>
<P>Deputy Chief Ray Tubbs said, =93You=92ve got to look at the monetary cos=
t of=20
that. I would tell you we=92ve got to utilize what we=92ve got now better a=
nd then=20
while we=92re doing that want to look at adding sensors.=94</P>
<P>Just last week Shotspotter officials were in town to suggest ways to tak=
e=20
advantage of the technology.</P>
<P>Jerry Davis, ShotSpotter=92s chief operating officer said, =93If they=92=
ve got an=20
area where there is a lot of gunfire they=92ll put the notification on the=
=20
doorknobs and let these people know that are shooting their guns that hey, =
we=92re=20
watching and we=92re going to get you. And the whole idea is to get t=
he=20
gunfire down.=94</P>
<P>Deputy Chief Tubbs said implementing community-oriented strategies like =
that=20
will help them tap ShotSpotter=92s full potential. =93We=92ve been go=
ing on the=20
calls. We=92ve been arresting where we could. We=92re going to =
take that=20
to another level and we=92re going to do things that prevent the gunfire fr=
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happening in the first place.=94</P>
<P>Hopefully that will help prevent senseless shootings like the one which=
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killed Lawanda Russell.</P>
<P>Deputy Chief Tubbs said ShotSpotter has directly led to a few arrests.&n=
bsp;=20
That group includes James Rogers who officers arrested in January, 2008 aft=
er=20
ShotSpotter detected two dozen gunshots by an automatic weapon in east=20
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