ShotSpotter, the provider of gunshot detection solutions that help law enforcement officers and security personnel identify, locate and deter gun violence, announced results of their annual ShotSpotter National Gunfire Index (NGI) report, a gunfire incident report based on 87 U.S. cities using ShotSpotter technology during 2017.
Many medium and large-sized cities where ShotSpotter is deployed across the U.S. saw a measurable reduction in gunfire ranging from 6 to 34 percent for 2017 vs 2016, including: (in alphabetical order) Denver, CO; Minneapolis, MN; Pittsburgh, PA; Riviera Beach, FL; San Francisco, CA; Savannah, GA; Washington D.C., and Worcester, MA.