A system designed to detect gunfire in city neighborhoods will be deployed in a pilot program starting next week, Wichita officials announced Friday.
The system will work by using state-of-the-art sound sensors that can pick up and triangulate gunshots, so police can be guided to the site faster and more accurately, said Mayor Jeff Longwell.
“The council’s goal is to have a safer city, period,” Longwell said.
The pilot project to test the system will be deployed in areas of the community with a history of gunfire and residents’ requests to do something about it.
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