Nov 20, 2008 7:48 pm US/Eastern
Hopkins Demonstrates New Gun Safety System
BALTIMORE (WJZ) ―
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Johns Hopkins is the first university campus in the country to pinpoint the source of gunfire.
CBS
Johns Hopkins is the first university campus in the country to pinpoint the source of gunfire.
Jessica Kartalija reports shots were fired on the Johns Hopkins University campus Thursday on purpose.
Together with Baltimore City Police, campus safety is installing 93 sensors on campus buildings and city streets. When a gunshot event occurs, the sensors are trained to automatically detect a gunshot acoustic signature. Campus security immediately sees a red dot flash on a computer screen.
Cameras begin recording and within seconds, police from the city's northern district are dispatched.
"The Baltimore Police Department, the Mayors Office and the citizens of Baltimore are better for the partnership with Johns Hopkins," said Baltimore City Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld.
The sensors are 90 percent accurate and can pinpoint where the shot was fired within ten feet.
"I don't feel safe when I am off campus at all or around this area, so yeah, I'm sure it would help," said Zach Warner.
Johns Hopkins Homewood campus is the first in the country to use this type of system. The gunshot detection system can differentiate between sounds like fireworks, a car back firing and shots fired.
"Not that I know of many shooting around here, but any safety measure is a good thing," said Doug Daly.
The new cameras work together with the SMART cameras which are already around the JHU campus.
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