Gunshot Detector Bill

A city council member is pushing for a bill that has been proven to deter gun violence. City Council President Doug Shields says it's a detection system that works by using a network of microphones to triangulate a location when the shot was fired. It distinguish a firecracker from a gunshot, and the program alerts 911 dispatchers of the location and how many shots were fired, along with whether the weapon was high caliber or low caliber. Shields says a turn key operation would cost about $300,000, allowing the system to be used within a square mile radius.

He says that while Pittsburgh is a relatively safe city, it isn't when it comes to gun violence. If the bill passes, he says he would look to install it in the more troublesome neighborhoods where much of the gun violence occurs, such as Homewood or the hill top neighborhoods like Beltzhoover.