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Do you support the rapid response by law enforcement to gunfire in gang hotspots Hanover Park, Manenberg & Lavender Hill? 

SoundThinking in partnership with the City of Cape Town & South African Police Service has rolled out its ShotSpotter technology to these areas to respond to gunfire incidents, render swift aid to victims, and save lives.

Over the past nine months, ShotSpotter technology has been deployed to three gang hotspot areas namely Hanover Park, Manenberg and Lavender Hill.

The gunshot acoustic technology immediately identifies the sound of gunfire, giving law enforcement authorities the ability to immediately pinpoint territorial battles erupting between rival gangs and respond within in minutes.

Making a Big Difference in Cape Town

ShotSpotter has resulted in a number of successes in these area, within the first 4 months of the technology being deployed in these areas, there were:

49
Arrests
389
Rounds of Ammunition Recovered
43
Firearms Confiscated

Gunfire tech helps officers capture alleged gangsters as COCT commits R860m to fight crime – Timeslive (05 May 2023)

Law enforcement was able to respond swiftly to a gang shoot out in Manenberg in April as a result of ShotSpotter technology resulting in the arrests of gangsters.

WATCH | Gunfire tech helps officers capture alleged gangsters as COCT commits R860m to fight crime

What is ShotSpotter?

Police rely on the community to call 10111 if gunshots are fired, but only 20% of incidents are ever reported on average. This creates a situation where police departments have a large data gap that makes it difficult to be able to effectively “serve and protect” when it comes to gun violence. SoundThinking’s ShotSpotter acoustic gunshot detection technology fills the gap with a network of acoustic sensors that can detect, locate, and alert police to nearly all gunshot incidents. The system is in operation is currently in operation in three areas in the City of Cape Tow an allows law enforcement to:

  1. Be able to respond to a higher percentage of gunfire incidents;
  2. Improve response times to crime scenes to better aid victims and find witnesses; and
  3. Help police locate key evidence to identify and investigate suspects. Learn more here.
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Mayor Lewis

“The City of Cape Town is doing more to increase safety in communities impacted by high crime levels and making use of innovative technology like ShotSpotter greatly assists our officers to provide quicker response times and arrest more criminals. This project emphasises our targeted focus on innovation and the benefit of intelligence-driven crime fighting for residents.”

GEORDIN HILL-LEWIS
EXECUTIVE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN
Alderman Smith

“The gunshot technology relies on quick responses to be effective. The City of Cape Town has increased its resources in many of the crime hotspots since the technology was first piloted, through the introduction of its Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP). We are also working closely with SAPS to ensure that we have as many enforcement resources to exploit this technology.”

ALDERMAN JP SMITH
CITY OF CAPE TOWN MAYORAL COMMITTE MEMBER FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY
LIEUTENANT PATEKILE

“ShotSpotter will assist SAPS in responding quickly to gunshot incidents in these areas. We have seen how successful this technology was when deployed previously in hotspots, which is why we support this programme.”

LIEUTENANT GENERAL PATEKILE
WESTERN CAPE PROVINCIAL POLICE COMMISSIONER
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“We are proud to be partnering with City of Cape Town and SAPS to tackle the ever increasing levels of gun crime in the metro and are keen to build on the successes to date. We hope to expand our footprint into other hotspot areas in Cape Town and other South African municipalities as part of a holistic plan to tackle gun violence and increase public safety in communities.”

RALPH A. CLARK
CEO AND PRESIDENT OF SOUNDTHINKING