AST June 2018 Magazine Volume 24 | Page 21

Volume 24 June 2018 Edition Fresno, California Just Expanding ShotSpotter Coverage Area to Protect 65 Schools cise location identified as a dot on a map) popping onto a of Chicago – now blanketing the nation’s third largest city screen of a computer in the 911 Call Center or on a police with more than 100 square miles of coverage, up from 3 officer’s smartphone or mobile laptop. square miles in 2012. Chicago is the company’s largest customer and one of more than 85 cities that use the ShotSpotter solution to help fight urban gun crime including New York City, Oak- land, Milwaukee and Denver. Chicago saw shooting incidents drop more than 26% and gun-related homicides by 20% in the first four months of 2018, as compared to the same pe- riod in 2017. (Take a close look at ShotSpotter’s Incident Review Center.) From February 2017 to April 2018, the city is re- Chicago Expands ShotSpotter Coverage porting 14 consecutive months of declining gun violence. Area to More Than 100 Square Miles Shooting Incidents in 2018 Down More Than 26% District seven, Englewood, was reported to have a 61% decline in shooting and homicide violence in its Over Same Period in 2017 district, to date, since deploying ShotSpotter in March 19 ShotSpotter is being significantly expanded within the city 2017.