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Preventative measures may be costly, but maybe we should have something like shotspotter + video drones deployed so that these people can at least be caught and

• DanielBMarkham 10y ago
  I imagine that this is exactly what we'll see developing over the next decade or so: electronic sensors to identify the attacker, and/or provide a little bit of early warning when an attack is imminent. When for only a few thousand dollars you can permanently equip against millions in potential losses? It's a no-brainer.
• DougN7 10y ago
  What you describe will require increased surveillance. I don't disagree with you, but this is exactly how Big Brother and the surveillance state comes about.
• LyndsySimon 10y ago
  That would be ineffective for a number of reasons - chief among them being that shotspotter is largely ineffective, and that substations are often located in rural areas where gunshots are both common and expected occurrences.
  • Eridrus 10y ago
    I had a little bit of a google for shotspotter effectiveness info. It seems like it has a false positive problem (which you allude to) and a response time problem. The first problem seems almost irrelevant if the response cost is low (because you have drones), the latter problem may be more of an issue. Recent drones can get 45 mph, so depending on what kind of range you expect snipers to have, it's probably possible to have a ring of them around the area such that their 2 min range only just overlaps and be able to cover ~3-4 miles around an installation. Is 2 minutes too slow of a response time for these facilities? I don't know. Rural areas will be much easier to secure than urban areas though.