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In reply to the discussion: Shots heard from 2,200 miles away [View all]Ian David
(69,059 posts)3. My city has it, and I got to see it in action on a tour of the police department.
It's an amazing piece of technology.
They played back recordings for us of things like gunshots, exploding tansformers, fireworks, and the slamming of a pick-up truck tailgate.
Anything over a certain decibel level that fits a range of profiles is displayed, recorded, and identified by the computer. Anything unidentified is left for human operators or police on the scene to identify.
I didn't ask them if they had a record of the time I used dry ice to explode water bottles in my back yard.
While I don't think this will do much to reduce crime, I do think it will save lives, by reducing the amount of time it takes for first responders to show-up at the scene of gunshots.
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My city has it, and I got to see it in action on a tour of the police department.
Ian David
Jun 2012
#3
I thought this would be bed-wetting over shooting down satellites with a 50 caliber Glock.
Tejas
Jun 2012
#6
Why object? Are carriers worried they might get caught after shooting an unarmed teenager?
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#8
The police using two way radios aren't relaying their messages through a third (profit making) party
rrneck
Jun 2012
#35
So if the police owned and operated these devices you'd be OK with them?
Atypical Liberal
Jun 2012
#40
What could be a better use of police resources than to respond to GUNFIRE?!?!
Atypical Liberal
Jun 2012
#26