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Coatesville police, district attorney and vendor brief school board on extending ShotSpotter to high‑school campus
Summary
City officials asked the Coatesville Area School District operations committee to approve adding ShotSpotter microphones to the high‑school main campus at no cost to the district; vendor representatives described how the system detects loud bangs, how brief audio clips are retained for evidence, and privacy safeguards.
Coatesville City Police Chief Jack Laufer told the school operations committee on Nov. 11 that the city has been using ShotSpotter since Sept. 25 and asked the district to allow the system’s coverage area to be adjusted to include the high‑school main campus at no cost to the district. "We have a little over 20 incidents of reported gunfire in the city," Laufer said, adding that the system assisted officers in making two arrests and enabled officers to render life‑saving aid to a gun‑shot victim before the first 911 call.
District Attorney Chris Deberina Serena supported the request, saying he had used the technology during prior work as a federal prosecutor and that extending coverage…
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