we ve got a directional sensor pattern. i m going to call it gunfire. i m going to submit it and i m going to send it over to our agency, and you can look up there, itjust popped up right now. so now, it was that quickly, there s going to be police going to that location right now? correct. the people in this tiny room are listening to cities across america, there are over 100 of them, and their decisions what is a gunshot and what isn t a gunshot is absolutely crucial. it could be the difference between life and death, between finding a criminal and not. i m travelling to fresno because i ve been told of a shooting incident which proves shotspotter s effectiveness. in 2017, kori ali muhammad was on the run, wanted for murder. he had a hatred of white people and on the 18th of april he decided he wanted to shoot as many white men as he could. operator: 911, -
ginger is one of the analysts. wavy alarm sounds. oh, there s an incident right there. that s the sound we hear when an incident comes up, yep. when the computer thinks a gunshot has been fired, herjob is to review it and decide whether to dispatch police officers, all in under 60 seconds. this is a waveform which if you do any kind of audio work, you ve seen this before. so we re listening to that, we re looking how far does the sound travel, we re looking to seeli how many sensors picked it up, if the sensor has made a directional pattern because, in theory, a gunshot can only travel in one direction. to me it doesn t look like it s gunfire, but that s why we also listen to it. wavy alarm sounds. possible gunfire pops. that sounds like gunfire to me. in this case, i think you might be right we ve got a directional sensor pattern. i m going to call it gunfire. i m going to submit it and i m going to send it over to our agency, and you can look up there, itjust popped up right now. s
in theory, a gunshot can only travel in one direction. to me it doesn t look like it s gunfire, but that s why we also listen to it. wavy alarm sounds. possible gunfire pops. that sounds like gunfire to me. in this case, i think you might be right we ve got a directional sensor pattern. i m going to call it gunfire. i m going to submit it and i m going to send it over to our agency, and you can look up there, itjust popped up right now. so now, it was that quickly, there s going to be police going to that location right now? correct. the people in this tiny room are listening to cities across america, there are over 100 of them, and their decisions what is a gunshot and what isn t a gunshot is absolutely crucial. it could be the difference between life and death, between finding a criminal and not. i m travelling to fresno
listen to it. wavy alarm sounds. possible gunfire pops. that sounds like gunfire to me. in this case, i think you might be right we ve got a directional sensor pattern. i m going to call it gunfire. i m going to submit it and i m going to send it over to our agency, and you can look up there, itjust popped up right now. so now, it was that quickly, there s going to be police going to that location right now? correct. the people in this tiny room are listening to cities across america, there are over 100 of them, and their decisions what is a gunshot and what isn t a gunshot are absolutely crucial. it could be the difference between life and death, between finding a criminal and not. i m travelling to fresno because i ve been told of a shooting incident which proves shotspotter s effectiveness. in 2017, kori ali muhammad was on the run, wanted for murder.
and decide whether to dispatch police officers, all in under 60 seconds. this is a waveform which if you do any kind of audio work, you ve seen this before. so we re listening to that, we re looking how far does the sound travel, we re looking to seeli how many sensors picked it up, if the sensor has made a directional pattern because, in theory, a gunshot can only travel in one direction. to me it doesn t look like it s gunfire, but that s why we also listen to it. wavy alarm sounds. possible gunfire pops. that sounds like gunfire to me. in this case, i think you might be right we ve got a directional sensor pattern. i m going to call it gunfire. i m going to submit it and it s going to send it over to our agency, and you can look up there, itjust popped up right now. so now, it was that quickly, there s going to be police going to that location right now? correct. the people in this tiny room are listening to cities across america, there are over 100 of them, and their decisions wh