Houston + ShotSpotter Technology

A Houston Chronicle investigation found that Shot Spotter technology hasn’t made a dent in crime statistics. Since implementation, response times by police officers has spiked. “Does (ShotSpotter) pull patrol officers off of other calls? Absolutely,”  Douglas Griffith, president of the Houston Police Officers’ Union said. “But it gets our guys there very quickly and helps us, one, to stop any shooting that’s actively taking place, and No. 2, it also saves people that have been shot…You take the good with the bad.”

Houston Chronicle | Houston’s gunshot alert system isn’t curbing violence but delays police response times, data shows