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    "id": "aaa3dc6c-0eb9-44de-aa4b-291198fa1b25",
    "code": "PAI-AAA3DC6C",
    "force": "Worcester Police Department",
    "country": "United States",
    "country_code": "us",
    "is_country": true,
    "region": "Massachusetts",
    "technology": "AI Gunshot Detection",
    "technology_slug": "shotspotter",
    "vendor": "SoundThinking (ShotSpotter)",
    "vendor_slug": "",
    "programme": "",
    "status": "operational",
    "stage": "in-use",
    "evidence": "journalism",
    "evidence_is_claim": false,
    "since": "2014",
    "legal_basis": "",
    "oversight": "",
    "notes": "SoundThinking announced a three-year renewal covering 8.1 square miles during the second quarter of 2026. The renewal is a company statement.\n\nUpdate, November 2026. This Week in Worcester reported on 14 April 2025, from Worcester Police Department data, that ShotSpotter was first deployed in the city in 2014 and covers over eight square miles, that police recovered 773 shell casings in 2024 within the coverage area, and that the city's SoundThinking spending averaged $573,563 a year over three years. The 2026 renewal described above is still known only from the vendor's press release; no city council record of it was found.",
    "source": "This Week in Worcester, 14 April 2025; SoundThinking press release, 2 July 2026 (company claim)",
    "source_url": "https://thisweekinworcester.com/wpd-releases-new-data-on-shotspotter-2025/",
    "last_checked": "2026-11-04",
    "record_url": "https://www.policeainews.com/tracker/record/aaa3dc6c-0eb9-44de-aa4b-291198fa1b25"
  },
  "licence": "https://www.policeainews.com/data#licence"
}