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Chair says sound-detection system intended to speed EMS response to shootings
Summary
A Roanoke City official described technology trained to detect gunshots, illegal fireworks, sideshows and car crashes and said officials hope it will reduce the minutes and seconds needed to get emergency medical services to serious gunshot wounds; procurement and deployment details were not specified.
The Chair described a sound-detection system designed to "capture noises" trained to detect gunshots, illegal fireworks, sideshows and car crashes, and said city officials hope the technology will shorten emergency response times.
"It's designed to specifically... detect sounds like gunshots, uh illegal fireworks, uh sideshows, uh car crashes. That's what the technology is designed for," the Chair said. The official added: "When you're dealing with a serious gunshot wound, seconds matter, minutes matter, and for certain, anything longer than that matters. And we're hoping that this will reduce those minutes and those seconds to get us there faster, to get EMS there faster."
The remarks described the system's intended function and public-safety rationale but did not include details about vendor, technology provider, exact deployment locations, data retention or privacy safeguards; those specifics were not specified in the recorded remarks. The Chair framed the technology as a potential tool to speed emergency medical response to severe injuries rather than as a substitute for existing 911 dispatch procedures.
There was no formal vote or action announced during these remarks.
