Dallas police gunshot detection project hits snag

[tombogan03884]

 The sensors probably get picked off by kids with pellet rifles and sling shots.

[ericire12]

So if I go in the street and light a bunch of firecrackers, not the little ones, like the M-80's, etc,.... these sensors can differentiate fireworks from gunfire?

I don;t know, just thinking that bunch of false calls could go out around the 4th of July, New Year, Memorial Day, etc,....

 

The sensors probably get picked off by kids with pellet rifles and sling shots.

I would also bet that it wont work for subsonic ammo.

[alfsauve]

The sensors probably get picked off by kids with pellet rifles and sling shots.

I believe many years ago some LEOs in Texas installed automatic speed ticketing devices (like red-light cameras) on some of the more deserted highways.    Seems the project was scrapped cause someone kept shooting the equipment.  And I think 12guage was the caliber of choice, as it's harder to trace.

[tombogan03884]

I would also bet that it wont work for subsonic ammo.

It's the muzzle report not the ballistic crack that they pick up. It won't work on a suppressed weapon .

[ericire12]

I believe many years ago some LEOs in Texas installed automatic speed ticketing devices (like red-light cameras) on some of the more deserted highways.    Seems the project was scrapped cause someone kept shooting the equipment.  And I think 12guage was the caliber of choice, as it's harder to trace.

Ding ding ding!

[Sponsor]

[Overload]

Every year, Dallas averages about 16,000 random gunfire incidents. Some city council members have been enthusiastic about the idea of gunshot detection systems

16,000 incidents?  A year?  That's nearly 44 a day.  I doubt there are that many total shots fired per year.

[tombogan03884]

 7,000 on Cinco de Mayo, 2,000 on 4 July and another 7,000 on New years.

[Big Frank]

I wonder if the system can tell the difference between gunshots and fireworks. 

[tombogan03884]

I don't think so.