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Committee endorses forwarding no‑cost police pilot for drones and audio gunshot detection
Summary
The committee voted to forward two no‑cost pilot agreements with Flock Safety to test drone deployment for first‑responder situational awareness and an audio gunshot‑detection system that could replace ShotSpotter; city staff said the pilot is no-cost at inception but future funding (first‑year cost cited at $50,000) may be requested if adopted.
The Lawrence Budget & Finance Committee voted Dec. 11 to send to the full council a pair of no‑cost pilot proposals from the Police Department to test drone first‑responder support and an audio gunshot detection system.
Rosa Shepherd, Director of Support Services for the Lawrence Police Department, described two proposed no‑cost pilots with vendor Flock Safety that would allow the department to evaluate emerging public-safety…
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