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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Tue, Oct 05 2004
Shots Fired
It looks as though Gary, Indiana is joining the list of cities using technology to differentiate between the sound of gunshots and similar sounds, and to pinpoint the source of the gunfire through triangulation. The company making the location system is ShotSpotter, Inc. in Mountain View, California. The system has already been tested and used in several California cities, as well as in Charleston, South Carolina and Glendale, Arizona.
The folks in Gary are getting their system through funds supplied by United States Department of Justice. You can see the Office of Justice Programs and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Servicees grants awarded for the Fiscal Year 2003.
Government grants come from taxpayer money, so we all have the right to know where that money goes.
posted at: 12:09 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
It looks as though Gary, Indiana is joining the list of cities using technology to differentiate between the sound of gunshots and similar sounds, and to pinpoint the source of the gunfire through triangulation. The company making the location system is ShotSpotter, Inc. in Mountain View, California. The system has already been tested and used in several California cities, as well as in Charleston, South Carolina and Glendale, Arizona.
The folks in Gary are getting their system through funds supplied by United States Department of Justice. You can see the Office of Justice Programs and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Servicees grants awarded for the Fiscal Year 2003.
Government grants come from taxpayer money, so we all have the right to know where that money goes.
posted at: 12:09 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
