More than 100 cities across the US are using ShotSpotter, a service which uses gunshot detection technology to alert the police when heard. But is it as accurate or reliable as the company claims? Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
50 people on average are killed with guns every day in the US.
Now more than 100 cities across the US are using a service which uses gunshot detection technology to alert the police when heard.
But ShotSpotter has become deeply controversial, with some questioning whether the technology works as well as the company claims.
James Clayton reports.
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