Guns across Columbus are a problem; Columbus police and SoundThinking are working with technology to stay one step ahead of crime.
Today police sent out an alert to residents that they were testing in the old Cooper Stadium.She calls the Wedgewood area home.
Kids can’t even come out here and play the playgrounds that they have or even the yards. It’s not even safe,” she said. “If I’m not in my house by the time it start to get dark, I sometimes don’t come home until the next day because I don’t feel safe. Police are working to reduce gun crime across the Columbus area, and the Shotspotter system is one way to address the issue.The city has invested in the technology, spending $882,000 annually to detect shots with an acoustic sensor.
Columbus police say officers made 45 arrests for weapons offenses, 29 arrests for other offenses and that they seized 45 firearms based on those alerts. If you heard the test shots in southwest Columbus on Wednesday, just know that police will be out testing again on Thursday at the former Cooper Stadium.
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