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AI-Assisted Acoustic Gunshot Detection for Emergency Response

Accountable
New York Police Department (NYPD)
Functional Modes
Sensing (Perceptive AI)
Human decides
Purpose
Safety & Security
Input Dataset
About a measurement Anonymized data
Algorithm or Model
Classification & Prediction
Output Dataset
About a place Anonymized data

ShotSpotter is an acoustic gunshot detection system deployed by the NYPD that listens for sounds in public spaces and classifies them as potential gunfire. When a potential gunshot is detected, the system pinpoints the location and routes the incident to human acoustic experts for confirmation before police are notified. The system has been in use since 2015 and does not collect identifying information about individuals, though activations may result in evidence collection used in investigations.

Sources for this disclosure

This disclosure was drafted with AI assistance.

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