Article: 'Shot-spotter' system could help Worcester, Mass. police fight crime

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1984 police state surveillance apparatus.

The technology was originally developed for the battlefield as seen on Future Weapons Season 2 Episode 11.
The originators were the DARPA and BBN Corp right here in Cambridge, MA. It's called Boomerang.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrIk5_XR8Hk

 

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Fall River Shotspotter reporting fireworks as gunshots - Fall River, MA - The Herald News
ShotSpotter - the system of acoustic sensors designed to triangulate and report gunshots in real time - reported shots-fired in the neighborhood between Carver and Lenox streets around 9:18 p.m. on Sept. 28.
However, Fall River police officers later determined that fireworks had activated the system, according to a police incident report. A neighbor had also called police to report 3 gunshots, which she believed had been fired by a man she accused of threatening her earlier that day. She was relieved when police told her it was only fireworks.

Officials discuss ShotSpotter in Fall River
That incident would ordinarly be unremarkable except for it revealed that ShotSpotter - which cost about $142,000 to operate - might not have all the kinks worked out yet.

 

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updated article:
Worcester is urged to use CSX money for gunshot sensors, surveillance cameras on Grafton Hill

 

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Worcester Police Release First Year Results of ShotSpotter