article_snippet: The New York Police Department is expanding a gunfire-detection system that notifies officers in real time when and where shots are fired, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced.
article_snippet: Mayor Bill de Blasio said NYPD NYPD will deploy the system, known as ShotSpotter, throughout precincts in Brooklyn and the Bronx.
article_snippet: On Mayor Bill de Blasio Mayor Bill de Blasio announced The New York Police Department is expanding a gunfire-detection system that notifies officers in real time when and where shots are fired .
article_snippet: NYPD NYPD plans to eventually incorporate ShotSpotter's alerts into mobile devices, which will allow information to be sent directly to officers' phones and tablets.
article_snippet: The system has been tested by NYPD since 2011. 
article_snippet: In December The system registered the shots that killed police officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos in Brooklyn, according to ABC 7.
article_snippet: On Monday shots were picked up within an hour of the the system's activation in the Bronx, according to NYPD deputy commissioner Jesse Tisch.
article_snippet: During a press conference on Monday, de Blasio said ShotSpotter will 'transform the way NYPD NYPD responds to gunshot activity in our neighborhoods.'
article_snippet: ShotSpotter will help protect our residents, our communities and our police officers,' ShotSpotter said.
article_snippet: Systems similar to ShotSpotter have already been employed in Newark, New Jersey, Atlantic City and Washington, according to Bloomberg News.
article_snippet: ShotSpotter will be activated in Brooklyn next week.
highlights_snippet: NYPD will deploy the ShotSpotter system throughout Bronx and Brooklyn .
  