Case Study: Municipality of Niterói achieves data-driven public safety with SoundThinking ShotSpotter

Municipality of Niterói boosts public safety with SoundThinking as 96.8% of gunshot events are confirmed

The Municipality of Niterói sought to modernize its public safety operations and adopt an intelligence-led policing strategy. To achieve this, the municipality partnered with vendor SoundThinking to implement its ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology.

SoundThinking's solution provided precise data on firearm discharges, which was integrated into the city's intelligence systems. This enabled Niterói to identify spatial and temporal patterns in gun violence, allowing for proactive resource allocation. The results included enhanced situational awareness and the ability to anticipate critical scenarios, with the data showing that 96.8% of detected incidents were confirmed discharges.

Municipality of Niterói