Gunshot recognition system aids Chicago crime crackdown
Chicago installs SENTRI gunshot detection with four microphones to triangulate shooter location and trigger video and 911 calls. The program expands a camera network that helped cut homicide to a 40 year low, with pilots planned in Los Angeles County and other cities. Safety Dynamics touts privacy protections, noting the system only detects gunfire and not conversations.
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Chicago
Bryan Baker
Safety Dynamics LLC
Oak Brook
Baker
Los Angeles
Sheriff’s Department
Tijuana
Mexico
Philadelphia
San Francisco
New Orleans
Atlanta
Safety Dynamics
U.S. Army
Navy
U.S
Iraq
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
BBN Technologies Inc
Cambridge
Mass
Monique Bond
American Civil Liberties Union
Illinois
Ed Yohnka
Northwestern University Law School
Robert W. Bennett
Bennett
Bond
Sentri
Baytown Fourth Parade Delivers Crowd despite Heat and No Band
Dancers trained by the Mendieta sisters performed as part of Baytown Fourth of July events. Thousands watched from around 4 45 pm as vendors offered water and shade. Parade volunteers noted the heat but called the day smooth with a lively petting zoo attracting families from Dickinson.
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Joanna Mendieta
Diana Mendieta
Bernard Olive
Baytown
Olive
Scott Johnson
Johnson
Ashlee Dayton
Cerah
Dickinson
Dayton
Cerah Dalton
Comet Deep Impact proves near miss sparks global awe
The Deep Impact mission melted into a milestone as the copper impactor struck Tempel 1, 268 million miles from Earth, shining the comet six times brighter and producing images before and after impact. Scientists hail clues to solar system origins and potential asteroid defense plans amid global spectators.
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Schultz
Earth
Solar System
NASA
Western Hemisphere
Mission Control
Hawaii
Waikiki Beach
Brian Spears
San Bernardino
Calif
Steve Lin
Honolulu
U.S. Space Agency
Darmstadt
Germany
European Space Agency
ESA
David Southwood
European Agency
Manfred Warhaut
Fires threaten grasslands in West Texas blaze grows near Davis Mountains
Firefighters from Texas and Mexico battled a lightning sparked blaze on Caldwell Ranch in Fort Davis County expected to reach about 1,000 acres. Two Texas Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopters dumped water as crews built firebreaks and protected ranch buildings. The Three Points fire near Madera Canyon prompted observatory closures with winds delaying containment.
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Fort Davis, Texas
Texas
Mexico
Caldwell Ranch
Fort Davis County
Texas Army National Guard
Blackhawk
Three Points
Davis Mountains
Les Rogers
Texas Forest Service
Madera Canyon
McDonald Observatory
Ron Perry
Los Diablos
Forest Service
West
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