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Former substitute teacher developing gunshot alarm for schools
ABC News ^ | 3/12/2018 | Whitney Lloyd

Posted on 03/13/2018 12:14:11 PM PDT by simpson96

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To: rarestia

Could the gunfire have trigger the smoke detector?


21 posted on 03/13/2018 12:56:36 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn thvictims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: simpson96

Firecrackers ?


22 posted on 03/13/2018 12:56:57 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: grobdriver

http://www.shotspotter.com/campus-security

All they do is set up sound collection AP’s which collect the coordinates in their zone and that is transmitted real time.


23 posted on 03/13/2018 12:58:29 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: a fool in paradise

I thought the first shots were fired outside, but I’m admittedly ignorant to the details. I’ve chosen not to take part in the macabre parade the MSM likes to make of these events.


24 posted on 03/13/2018 12:59:12 PM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: Vendome
Ah. Excellent.

They have expanded their function. Used to be just a city-wide gunshot locator but they have apparently upped their game to deal with the new threats.

Good for them!

25 posted on 03/13/2018 1:01:32 PM PDT by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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To: simpson96

BANG! BANG! BANGBANGBANG!!! is a pretty good alarm generally audible for a good distance.


26 posted on 03/13/2018 1:08:37 PM PDT by arthurus (sadg)
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To: Vendome
Shot Spotter might want to revise that graphic - it shows the police responding to the shots by driving *away* from the shooter.

On second thought, that's probably as realistic as one could ask for.

27 posted on 03/13/2018 1:12:41 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: simpson96

Our school district already has this. It’s even a phone app. Tied directly PAST 911 to the local constabulary.


28 posted on 03/13/2018 1:14:01 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: Charles Martel

Doh!


29 posted on 03/13/2018 1:14:49 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: grobdriver

> (the Shot Spotter works on DB of the signal to range it).

I would think it works more by relative timing from multiple pickups.


30 posted on 03/13/2018 1:16:01 PM PDT by old-ager
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To: simpson96

Why do you need an alarm when you can hear gunshots?


31 posted on 03/13/2018 1:18:21 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: old-ager
I would think it works more by relative timing from multiple pickups.

Not what I remember reading about it when it was first deployed. Could have been different versions experimenting with most accurate locating method.

32 posted on 03/13/2018 1:18:57 PM PDT by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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To: simpson96

Can picture students slamming books on the floor to get some free time from that test slated for the next hour....


33 posted on 03/13/2018 1:24:12 PM PDT by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...mostly ;-})
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To: NEMDF

“True. AND the firemen would likely have run into the building and managed to save some of the victims....”

And been suspended like the SWAT guys were?


34 posted on 03/13/2018 1:32:31 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: simpson96

How long before someone stands next to a sensor and plays the sound of a gunshot on there IPhone.


35 posted on 03/13/2018 2:01:43 PM PDT by Revel
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If I were a kid again and they had those, I’d try popping a paper bag. That might work.


36 posted on 03/13/2018 2:04:57 PM PDT by VietVet876
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To: simpson96

so what’s that supposed to do if the police sit outside and talk on the radio, and let the guy walk down to Subway to get a sandwich?


37 posted on 03/13/2018 2:14:12 PM PDT by nobamanomore
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To: simpson96

This former substitute ain’t thinking this through if ha fails to advise schools to include serious charges to anyone deliberately setting off the sensor by some means NOT involving a gun. I havent been in HS for 42 years but present HS boys with a challenge...


38 posted on 03/13/2018 2:20:51 PM PDT by TalBlack (It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
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To: simpson96

A gunfire detector in a school?

How about using your ears.


39 posted on 03/13/2018 3:09:17 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: shotgun

Our city has that set up. It is very accurate. Cops get there in three minutes instead of five. So you will only be mostly dead when they arrive.


40 posted on 03/13/2018 3:11:16 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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