The cracking of the gunshots often arouses a wave of calls in 911, but finding officials can be difficult when the officers arrive at the scene.
Katy Blakey, from NBC 5, takes a look at the new tool that the police are turning.
It is a complaint and a concern in the largest cities in northern Texas – the random shots that can terrorize the districts.
Within the real -time crime center of the Fort Worth police service, computers help the officers in the street to solve cases.
“Whenever someone calls 911, it’s a different puzzle,” said the SGT. Joe Shipp.
It is here that officers analyze one of the new tools in the department – Ballet detection technology.
Placed in a neighborhood, the microphones can detect the noise from the shots, then triangulate the location where the shots were fired.
“If I am where it tells me to be, if I am in this place, look around, I will be able to see in a eyeshadow of evidence,” said Shipp,
Fort Worth PD has used full -time technology for six months, said Shipp.
The devices were placed in neighborhoods where city data has shown the largest number of calls. Most of these calls often enter 911 between midnight and 3 am, Shipp said.
“Usually, random shots of people who drive and move to a city district,” said Shipp.
He says technology has been useful to investigate these mobile crimes.
“As the victim was able to move away from the person who pulled them on them, they called 911, but they did not know where he started,” said Shipp.
“We are able to use the shots detectors in some cases to go back and find where the real crime scene was, and now we can collect evidence of shell boxes.”
As for the concerns that “Big Brother” listens to the neighbors, Shipp has declared that the microphone is only activated by a sound perceived as shots.
“So, if someone walks under the sensor and says something, we can’t hear this,” said Shipp.
In superimposed with the vast system of cameras and readers of the city’s license plates, Fort Worth’s police think that technology will help resolve crimes faster.
“You take all these different technologies and you marry them together in layers, then you use it to solve each puzzle,” said Shipp.
“We hope we can limit some of the city’s violent crimes.”