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Menoni explains how the POD cameras interact with mapping software using the Genetec software.
University of Chicago conducted briefings in both districts to generate a reliable format and process.
A complementary part of the process occurs every other Tuesday, when analysts from all SDSC districts meet to share information they can develop to help each other and through- out the City.
“We can take up to five years of data from reports from offi- cers on the street, cases, ISR reports, traffic stops – any piece of paper generated goes into the system,” Menoni states. “It factors in weather and time of year, and we have found it has been accurate in mapping the hot areas.”
In SDSC districts, each beat car takes out a cell phone with the ShotSpotter app. Officers get notifications within 30 seconds of shots being fired, and it’s, “Let’s go get it,”
Rodriguez brings his perspective from working two tours in a beat car each week to maximize the intel that the SDSC provides to all o cers.
Rodriguez charges.
ShotSpotter incorporates audio sensors placed in an array of
15 to 20 sensors per square mile to detect and triangulate gun- shot activity. The sensors are stationed at least 30 to 40 feet off the ground and deployed in elevated locations such as build- ing rooftops, streetlight poles and cell towers. Each sensor cap- tures precise time, location and snippets from boom and bang sounds that might be a gunshot.
The data is first filtered by machine algorithms, then qual- ified and confirmed by human acoustic experts in a 24-7 In- cident Review Center at ShotSpotter headquarters in Newark, California. The alerts include number of shots fired and the
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