West Palm Beach, Fla., Invests in ShotSpotter Tech to Help Curb Gun Violence

 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Next month, some California-based acoustic experts will be helping West Palm Beach police curb the city’s gun violence.

City police Chief Sarah Mooney and Mayor Jeri Muoio announced at a news conference Tuesday the city’s plan to roll out ShotSpotter technology in September throughout its more crime-prone areas.

That sensor-based system is part of the department’s larger technologically based plan to tackle crime.

The city commission recently committed $1.2 million to pay for those gunfire-locator sensors, license-plate readers and analytic systems that’ll tap into police and private-security cameras when a shooting is reported.