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the mission area such as foot patrol, talking to business owners, knocking on doors, etc. • These tactics are based on the crime type, , other agency best practices and the local agency’s preferences. • The system also tracks the tactics so they can be analyzed and correlated to the impact on crime and help opti- mize operational practices. www.AmericanSecurityToday.com June 2019 - Edition 45 Why choose ShotSpotter Missions? dard hotspot mapping and competitive products and avoids enforcement bias. • Missions exclusively uses real-time ShotSpotter gunfire data to create and continuously update gunfire forecasts makes risk assessments more compre- hensive and accurate since only 20% of gunfire is reported by citizens • The system is highly flexible and can configure to an agency’s needs such as choosing which crime types to focus on, weighting those crime types rela- tive to each other, which tactics to use and track. • ShotSpotter has the resources and commitment to ensure your use of Mis- sions is a success for your department and community. • With a team of data scientists, engi- neers, customer success and support team members to ensure your satisfac- tion. • Missions uniquely uses combines his- torical crime data with non-crime data such as calls for service, seasonality, time of day, day of week, census data, upcoming events, and environmental features. • This provides more precise and accu- rate crime risk assessments than stan- How much does ShotSpotter Missions cost? • There is a tiereded annual subscription fee based on the size of the agency that includes 24x7x365 customer support and best practices consulting help. • There is also a one-time set up fee that includes provisioning the account; agency data integrations; ; configura- tion of maps, crimes types, , and tac- tics; model creation; ; and training and best practices. 25