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>> WHAT IF POLICE COULD KNOW
WHERE A SHOOTING OCCUR JUST
SECOND AFTER IT HAPPENS.
COMPANY THAT CLAIMS IT CAN HELP
OFFICERS DO THAT WITH
ASTONISHING ACCURACY AND
TECHNOLOGY DEBUT IN
JACKSONVILLE IN A FEW WEEKS.
>> SHOT SPOTTER IS GUNSHOT
DETECTION SOFTWARE THAT SIMILAR
TO THE SOFTWARE USED TO DETECT
EARTHQUAKE.
JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF AND MAYOR
SAY THEY WILL BE TESTING THE
TECHNOLOGY OUT IN THE RIVER
CITY MOST CRIME PLAGUED
NEIGHBORHOOD STARTING NEXT
MONTH.
WE DISCOVERED THERE WERE 7 65
NON-DOMESTIC SHOOTINGS IN
JACKSONVILLE JUST LAST YEAR.
>> SHOT SPOTTER HAS BEEN
INSTALLED ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES NOW INCLUDING RIGHT HERE
IN FLORIDA IN TAM ABOUT AND
MIAMI AND IN RIVIERA BEACH.
VIC OF TRAVELED-COUNT FROM TOY
SEE HOW IT WORKS AND WHAT IT
MEANS FOR JACKSONVILLE WHEN
INSTALLED.
>> EVERY DAY YOU HOPE YOU GET A
PHONE CALL OR SOMETHING.
>>Reporter: BUT NEARLY 4 YEARS
LATER THAT HASN'T HAPPENED.
AMBER LOVED ONE STILL DON'T
KNOW WHO ROBBED AND SHOT THE
22-YEAR-OLD IN FRONT OF HER
WEST SIDE HOME.
>> NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID THAT
THEY HEARD A GUNSHOT BUT THEY
DIDN'T CALL RIGHT AWAY.
>>Reporter: AMBER SISTER SAYS
SHE HEARD SOME SORT OF IS NO
AND DID REPORT IT TO POLICE BUT
SHE DIDN'T GO OUTSIDE AND FIND
HER SISTER IN THE DRIVEWAY
UNTIL 15 MINUTES LATER.
BY THEN IT WAS TOO LATE.
AMBER COULDN'T BE REVIVED AND
HER KILLER HAD VANISHED INTO
THE DARKNESS.
>> IF POLICE HAD BEEN IN THE
AREA A LOT SOONER THEY MAY HAVE
CAUGHT THE CAR DRIVING AWAY.
THEY MAY HAVE CAUGHT SOME ONE
THROWING A GUN OUTSIDE T CAR.
BUT SOON JACKSONVILLE POLICE
HAVE A NEW TOOL THAT WILL HELP
THEM GET THE SHOOTINGS QUICKER.
IT'S CALLED SHOT SPOTTER.
GUNSHOT DETECTION SYSTEM.
HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.
COMPANY CALLED SST INSTALL
HIDDEN MICROPHONE SENSOR AROUND
HIGH CRIME YEAR.
IF THERE'S A GUNSHOT, THEY USE
TRIANGULATION TO PIN POINT
WHERE IT CAME FROM.
THE DATA GOES INTO THE COMPANY
DISPATCH CENTER WHERE IT IS
SENT OUT TO NEARBY OFFICERS.
WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU.
>> SO IT TELLS ME LIKE IT'S ONE
SHOT -- IT'S ONE GUN.
>>Reporter: WE WANTED TO SEE
THE TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION SO WE
VISITED DENVER POLICE WHO HAVE
BEEN USING IT TO COVER 11
SQUARE MILES FOR THE PAST TWO
YEARS.
LIEUTENANT AARON SANCHEZ IS IN
CHARGE.
>> MORE OF THAN NOT THEY ARE
WITHIN 5 TO 10 FEET OF WHERE
THE GUN SHOTS ACTUALLY WERE
OCCURRING FROM.
>>Reporter: HE SHOWED ME
SHOOTINGS FROM THE PREVIOUS 12
HOURS.
ON AFTERNOON WE PROBABLY GIVE
10 ALERT A DAY.
>> POLICE GET NOTIFICATION ON
THE CELL PHONE TELL THEM WHERE
THE GUN FIRE IS AND LETTING
THEM LISTEN TO THE ACTUAL
GUNSHOTS.
ABO 45 SECOND BY THE TIME
IT'S HITTING THE COP COMPUTERS
AND TELEPHONES.
>>Reporter: THAT MEANS FIRST
RESPONDERS ARE ABLE TO GET
THERE SOMETIMES WITHIN A MINUTE
OR TWO.
>> BIGGEST SUCCESS FOR US IS
THE ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE.
TO GET TO VICTIMS QUICKER.
TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ARREST SUSPECTS.
>>Reporter: WORTH THE MONEY.
>> IT SEEMS TO BE WORTH THE
MONEY, YES.
>>Reporter: WHILE IT DOESN'T
CATCH INDOOR SHOOTINGS IT
SURPRISINGLY ALASKA ARE THE FOR
THOSE THAT HAPPEN OUTSIDE.
SOFT WHICH ARE WAS DEVELOPED
BECAUSE OF A NATIONAL PROBLEM.
POLICE SAY MANY PEOPLE JUST
DON'T REPORT HEARING SHOTS.
ON AFTERNOON NATIONWIDE STOYTDZ
SHOW LESS THAN 20 PERCENT OF
GUNSHOTS ARE ACTUALLY CALLED I
GUNSHOTS ARE ACTUALLY CALLED
IN.
THAT LEAVES MORE THAN 80
PERCENT UNREPORTED IN CRIME
RAIDEN NEIGHBORHOOD, PEOPLE MAY
BE DESENSITIZE OR MIGHT NOT
KNOW WHERE THE SHOTS ARE COME
FROM.
BUT LAST YEAR SHOT SPOTTER
SYSTEM INSTALLED ACROSS THE
U.S. DETECTED NEARLY 75,000
INCIDENTS.
ESPECIALLY PREVIOUS LICENSE
BETWEEN ONE AND 3:00 A.M.
WHILE MOST PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING.
>> WE CAN ALSO USE THAT IN REAL
TIME AND RESPOND QUICKER TO THE
AREAS.
>>Reporter: JACKSONVILLE
SHERIFF WILLIAMS SAYS HE'S
LACKING FORWARD TO A PILOT
PROGRAM IN NORTHERN WEST
JACKSONVILLE.
THE AREA HARDEST HIT BY GUNFIR
THE AREA HARDEST HIT BY
GUNFIRE.
SENSORS WILL COVER A 5 SQUARE
MILE RADIUS STARTING IN JUNE.
CITY LEADERS AGREE TO PAY FOR
IT.
IT'S 4 35,000 DOLLARS FOR THE
FIRST YEAR AND 325,000 DOLLARS
FOR EACH YEAR THERE AFTER THIS
MOM IS IN FAVOR OF THE
TECHNOLOGY.
SHE SETS IF IT WAS IN PLACE
THREE YEARS AGO SOME ONE MAY
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAVE HER
17-YEAR-OLD SON AARON BROOKS.
>> MY SON WAS SHOT 8:30 THAT
NIGHT AND HE LAID THERE UNTIL 6
SOMETHING IN THE MORNING.
>>Reporter: NOT ONE PERSON
CALLED 911.
FEW MILES AWAY AMBER'S SISTER
CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHAT
MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IN HER CAS
MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IN HER
CASE.
>> I FEEL LIKE YES IT COULD
HAVE MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IF
THE RESPONSE TIME IS WITHIN
SECONDS.
THOSE ARE SECONDS AND MINUTES
THAT YOU JUST CAN'T GET BACK.
>>Reporter: NOW OF COURSE
POLICE ARE STILL GOING TO RELY
ON WITNESSES AND THEY WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE STILL
CALL 911 TO REPORT ANY GUNSHOT
CALL 911 TO REPORT ANY
GUNSHOTS. BUT THEY SAY THE
SYSTEM IS ANOTHER TOOL THAT
THEY CAN USE.
THIS IS CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL
STATION.
>>> OVER ALL AGENCY WITH THE
SECRET SURVEILLANCE BEING
PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS SHOT
SPOTTER HAS CRITICISM.
THEY SAID IT WASN'T EFFECTIVE
IN CUTTING DOWN ON CRIME HERE
ESPECIALLY FOR THE PRICE.
MIAMI POLICE HAD THE SAME
COMPLAINT FEW YEARS BACK BUT
ANNOUNCED IT'S IN STALLING