ShotSpotter is an auditory gunshot detection system that notifies police of gunfire within a minute. Here's how it works.

The Columbus Department of Public Safety is on track to spend more than $6 million on ShotSpotter since signing on in 2018.

ShotSpotter operates in Columbus and more than 170 American cities, but many have dropped the service which detects gunfire ...

But these microphones aren't listening to the day-to-day happenings in Columbus. They're listening for gunshots. Since 2019, Columbus has used ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system sold by ...

The city also installed a ShotSpotter gunshot detection microphones there to improve police response to gunfire. Felonious assault decreased by 43% and robbery decreased by 67% at Wedgewood ...