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Volume 21
With automated actions tied to accurate gunshot
2018
Edition
detection alerts from the March
Guardian
system,
we
remove the “human factor” so that nothing is
left to interpretation and costly delays can be
avoided.
Technology History and Market Adoption
SDS is comprised of a targeted team of business,
tactical and multi-disciplinary systems engineer-
ing experts who collectively have over 40 years
of experience with acoustic gunshot detection
systems that were developed for military appli-
cations.
While working at a major defense contractor, the
SDS team handled the successful production and
delivery of over 10,000 gunshot detection sys-
tems to Iraq and Afghanistan.
As a result of sniper attacks on the U.S. power
grid, these same systems have been deployed to
protect critical infrastructure and mitigate disaster
in the event of crippling power loss by a sniper
attack.
The Guardian Sensor validates an acoustic bang by looking for infrared flash,
creating the only zero false alert solution available on the marketplace.
Shooter Detection Systems (SDS) has an auto-
mated, dependable solution to address both key
problems facing active shooter response in the
Guardian Indoor Active Shooter Detection System.
Understanding the immediate need for technology
to address the active shooter threat, the team began
investigating how their experience designing acoustic
detection technology could be applied indoors, offering
a solution to this difficult and emerging problem.
Guardian simultaneously detects gunfire
and immediately relays this information
via floor plan map with shot location, text,
e-mail, and other notification pathways
directly to first responders and building
occupants, with no human interpretation
needed and with zero false alerts.
With security systems integration, the Guardian
System calls up surveillance cameras in the inci-
dent area, starts lock-down procedures, sends mass
notification alerts to desktops and mobile devices,
and provides immediate notification to Law En-
forcement.
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