>>this thing is a solution to a very tiny problem: gunshots that are not reported via emergency calls. That's not exactly true. When people call in gunshots th

>>this thing is a solution to a very tiny problem: gunshots that are not reported via emergency calls. That's not exactly true. When people call in gunshots they frequently have at best a vague idea where the shots came from. If you're sitting in your house with the window open, the shots will most likely sound as if they came from that direction - even if they were actually in the opposite direction. So you could be sending the police to a place 6 blocks away, which in a dense urban environment is quite a long ways indeed. Being able to reliably figure out the actual location has value. source: we have lots of gunshots in our neighborhood. Police response and ability to actually catch people has gone up since the spotter was installed.