Gunshot Surveillance System for Police

The company SpotShotter sells a system to police departments that listens for the sound of a gunshot and then reports it.  The suspect recording is submitted to a trained human at the company headquarters in California who verifies that the sound was indeed a gunshot, and then the police department is notified within 5 minutes.

This can help a police department respond to potential problems far more quickly and efficiently than ever before.  It has been discovered - by using this system - that in certain crime-riddles neighborhoods, only 10% - 20% of gunshots are ever reported to the police by citizens.

However, there are privacy concerns having to do with all of the extraneous conversations that are recorded in the process.  In one case, it recorded the conversation that took place during a murder, and it is yet to be decided if this evidence can be used in court.