Gunshot Detection System with Forensic Data Retention, Live Audio Monitoring, and Two-Way Communication

A method for detecting gunshots within a premises, the method comprising:

• detecting acoustic anomalies indicating potential gunshots and generating audio data depicting the acoustic anomalies via one or more microphones of gunshot sensor units;
• generating event data based on the detected acoustic anomalies;
• generating and sending live monitoring instructions to the gunshot sensor units, wherein the gunshot sensor units generate and stream live audio data depicting ambient sound to a control panel in response to the live monitoring instructions.

A system and/or method for detecting gunshots within a premises, the system and/or method comprising:

• gunshot sensor units for detecting the gunshots, the gunshot sensor units comprising one or more microphones for detecting acoustic anomalies indicating potential gunshots and for generating audio data depicting the acoustic anomalies, nonvolatile storage for locally storing the audio data, and controllers for filtering speech sounds from the audio data.

A system and/or method for detecting gunshots within a premises, the system and/or method comprising:

• gunshot sensor units for detecting the gunshots, the gunshot sensor units comprising one or more microphones for detecting acoustic anomalies indicating potential gunshots and for generating audio data depicting the acoustic anomalies, controllers for generating event data based on the detected acoustic anomalies, nonvolatile storage for locally storing the audio data and the event data, and wired and/or wireless interfaces for sending the locally stored audio data and event data to computing devices of law enforcement entities.

A system and/or method for detecting gunshots within a premises, the system and/or method comprising:

• gunshot sensor units for detecting the gunshots, the gunshot sensor units comprising one or more microphones for detecting acoustic anomalies indicating potential gunshots and for generating audio data depicting the acoustic anomalies, controllers for generating event data based on the detected acoustic anomalies, and wired and/or wireless interfaces for sending the audio data and event data to a cloud gunshot detection management system via a public network.