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    Shot Spotter Gun Shots

    Metadata Updated: June 4, 2024

    ShotSpotter is gunshot detection, acoustic surveillance technology that uses sensors to detect, locate and alert law enforcement agencies of potential gunfire incidents in real time.MPD began implementing the ShotSpotter system in 2006 and has added sensors and upgraded components of the system at various times. ShotSpotter has also enhanced their ability to distinguish gunshots from other impulse noises. For example, the number of impulse noises coded as gunshots during Independence Day celebrations have significantly decreased over the past four years.ShotSpotter does not provide coverage for the entire District of Columbia. Official coverage areas are designed by ShotSpotter in conjunction with MPD, to target high population density areas with frequent sounds of gunshots incidents. A ShotSpotter incident may involve one gunshot or multiple gunshots depending on the time elapsed between each shot. Each incident is given a serial number ID when it occurs.This data may include duplicate incidents or unverified shots that may have occurred outside of official coverage areas. Classifications are assigned by ShotSpotter and represent their assessment of what kind of impulse noise occurred. The Latitude and Longitude of the incidents are rounded to three decimal places due to privacy concerns. This roughly corresponds to a 100 meter resolution.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Metadata Created Date April 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date June 4, 2024

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    Harvested from DC data

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date June 4, 2024
    Publisher City of Washington, DC
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2018-05-21T14:45:35.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2024-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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    Harvest Source Title DC data
    Homepage URL https://opendata.dc.gov/maps/DCGIS::shot-spotter-gun-shots
    License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 594d51ed9924086c10c8865610588771069755dd441a7629e53d7c2c78fb7eef
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