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SafePointe was exactly what I was looking for: not only because it’s cost-effective, but also because of the flow through.”

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Having worked for over a decade with ShotSpotter in support of anti-poaching and wildlife conservation authorities in South Africa, as well as anti-gang and drug task teams in some of South Africa’s most violent urban communities, I can attest to the fact that commercial-grade multi-rotor drones have limitations, particularly when used in isolation.

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Don’t get me wrong, drones do have their place! They are particularly useful in planned operations, such as search and rescue, reconnaissance before tactical deployment, fire management, surveillance at public gatherings, evidence gathering during civil unrest, perimeter security during cordon-and-search operations, etc., where the location and time are known and planned in advance.

Cape Town’s approach to modernizing its law enforcement capability has been to build layers of symbiotic technologies that seamlessly support boots-on-the-ground operations and social upliftment programs.

To learn more about integrating drones with ShotSpotter and other solutions, contact SoundThinking to learn more about the SafetySmart Platform.

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[ShotSpotter] is a game changer in lives saved, evidence collected, guns off the streets, and cases solved. I’m glad we have ShotSpotter in our community. More importantly our community loves this system and what it does for us.”

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Using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or ‘drones’ to support law enforcement agencies in addressing violent crime is a case of science fiction rapidly becoming science fact, but it’s complicated!

Drones can significantly benefit public safety as part of a broader law enforcement strategy. Still, agencies must understand their innate strengths and weaknesses and plan accordingly, using drones to complement other technologies like ShotSpotter.

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Factors such as launch time, distance to the target, flight time, restrictions on autonomous and/or Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flight, proximity to controlled airspace, location of electromagnetic interference (EMI) emitting infrastructure like high voltage powerlines, high-rise buildings, height above sea level, and adverse weather conditions are just some of the challenges agencies must consider when considering a drone program.

If cameras (and again, a drone is just a flying camera) are the eyes of modern law enforcement, then ShotSpotter is undoubtedly the ears — and it’s the ears that tell the eyes where to look. Without knowing when and where to send a drone or in which direction to PTZ a CCTV camera, the investment in camera technology can never be maximized to its fullest potential.

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Let’s be clear: a drone is nothing more than a flying camera that, by definition, has to fly to where it’s needed – and therein lies the problem.

Cape Town, South Africa’s second-largest city with a population of almost 5 million people, uses ShotSpotter in several gang-affected communities to help save lives and empower law enforcement to better respond to and thereby interdict and prevent gun violence. They operate an extensive drone fleet and do so successfully, mainly in planned operations, as described above. However, given the limitations of drone technology, they have also recently acquired the services of a fully manned, fixed-wing “eye-in-the-sky” with an advanced long-range thermal imaging capability, several hours of endurance, and the ability to fly by day and night.

Add into the mix that in violence-affected communities, around 90% of gunfire goes unreported, meaning that without the ability to reliably and accurately detect and locate gunfire, at best, a drone can only ever respond to 10% of the shootings.