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    Shot Spotter Gun Shots

    Metadata Updated: January 14, 2026

    This data represents all ShotSpotter incidents that were classified as “Probable Gunfire”, “Single_Gunshot”, or “Multiple_Gunshots” occurring within one of the six coverage areas defined below since January 1, 2014. The Department plans to continue to release this data with quarterly updates. Classifications are assigned by ShotSpotter and represent their assessment of what kind of impulse noise occurred. Some impulses initially dismissed as non-gunfire are manually audited and resubmitted to the dataset after ground truth analysis.

    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.

    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.

    Access & Use Information

    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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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date January 14, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DC data

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date January 14, 2026
    Publisher Metropolitan Police Department
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2018-05-21T14:45:35.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    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 Id b05f955a-65d6-4288-9558-15a5ebc74e36
    Harvest Source Title DC data
    Homepage URL https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::shot-spotter-gun-shots
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -77.0561,38.8009,-76.8759,38.9840
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 012fd044d8acf3aab1a3f1df3bbacb3ac1226af978ced92db2c0a00178dc4594
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