The ShotSpotter Gunshot Location System gives law enforcement the situational awareness and actionable intelligence officers need to better combat gun violence and explosions, delivering critical court-admissible data and analytic tools that help take cases from detection to conviction. Forensic data supports a variety of missions, from tactical response and protection to better preparedness and prevention. Each event is logged into a historical database for strategic and tactical analysis that reveals event trends, patterns, and hot spots within a coverage area.