The Little Rock Board of Directors on Tuesday reversed course with regard to an acoustic gunshot-detection system known as ShotSpotter, ...

(KATV) — The Little Rock Board of Directors voted Tuesday to expunge a Feb. 4 decision that refused to renew a contract for a wide-area Gunshot Detection Service, better known as ShotSpotter.

“The shots were detected by ShotSpotter, which is a technology that detects the sound of gunshots and is able to triangulate where the gunshots occurred. Once shots are detected, officers are ...

ShotSpotter is one of three tools the city is implementing through an $800,000 federal grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance. It uses sensors placed in a neighborhood to listen for gunshots ...

During its Feb. 4 meeting, the city board fell short by one vote to renew its contract for ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection technology that has faced increasing scrutiny from civil rights groups ...