Frost & Sullivan Recognizes ShotSpotter, Inc. for Its Innovative Gunshot Location...

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes ShotSpotter, Inc. for Its Innovative Gunshot Location System that Enhances Public Safety

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--In recognition of its efforts in addressing violent crime, Frost &
Sullivan presents ShotSpotter, Inc. with the 2007 North America
Product Innovation Award.

The Award highlights ShotSpotter for the development of its
innovative Gunshot Location System (GLS). The technology uses acoustic
triangulation to locate gunshots and notifies dispatchers and patrol
officers within seconds of a gun being fired by displaying both the
closest street address and a GIS map with a highly visible mark of
where the incident occurred. The system includes a patented spatial
filtering technique that constantly adapts itself to provide the best
possible performance in every environment.

"Irresponsible firearm use is an increasing problem worldwide and
ShotSpotter has been very successful at developing a proprietary
technology that detects and locates gunshots in urban and war torn
environments," says Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Krishnakumar
Srinivasan. "For many years, the company has been increasingly
deploying its ShotSpotter Gunshot Location Systems(R) in a number of
demanding environments with measurably positive results."

"ShotSpotter is honored to have been recognized by Frost &
Sullivan for our technological vision and contribution to public
safety," said James G. Beldock, ShotSpotter president and CEO. "This
award not only acknowledges the hard work and expertise we continually
apply to addressing the problem of gun violence, but also validates
the continued, successful use of the ShotSpotter GLS to protect over
half a million US citizens in 28 cities across our country as well as
US soldiers on the frontline."

In addition to providing the exact location of gunfire events, the
system captures the actual audio of gunfire events heard by its
sensors. This information allows dispatchers and law enforcement
officers to have invaluable situational awareness prior to arriving at
the crime scene. Additional information available to dispatchers,
patrol officers, and investigators include the number of shots fired,
the number of shooters, and moving speed of the shooters if they are
in motion.

"ShotSpotter's products have been developed with adaptability to
its environment and an open architecture for integrating with other
commonly used public safety systems, such as video surveillance
systems," notes Srinivasan. "The company consistently explores
opportunities that will enable it to improve the performance of the
system, making it adaptable for increasingly challenging urban
environments."

The company has worked consistently at developing and
incorporating a number of improvements, specifically in the signal
processing and communication domains to deliver its current generation
GLS.

ShotSpotter also understands that with such a strong platform, it
is critical to keep close relationships with its customers to ensure
improvement in performance and capabilities. As a result, its system
has grown from one that merely locates gunshots with a high
probability, to one that integrates more deeply with proactive law
enforcement and policing. A test conducted by the National Institute
of Justice proved the ShotSpotter system to be effective and accurate
and this is an endorsement to the performance capabilities of the
system. Similarly, the FBI utilizes ShotSpotter by deploying its GLS
in cooperation with local law enforcement agencies and police
departments around the US as the fastest way to reduce gun related
violence.

Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a
variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding
achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership,
technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product
development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure
performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive
secondary research in order to identify best practices in the
industry.

About ShotSpotter, Inc.

ShotSpotter is an industry leader in the development of
innovative, interoperable net-centric gunshot and sniper detection and
location systems for the law enforcement and military markets. The
company's focus on ingenuity and technological vision drives its
continuing mission to create invaluable solutions that reduce gunfire
and gun violence while improving the safety of first responders on the
street and soldiers on the front. Currently, the ShotSpotter Gunshot
Location System(R) protects many cities nationwide; consistently
producing arrests and weapons confiscations. Its individually-worn
sniper detection and location system identifies and tracks friendly
military forces providing dismounted forces with real-time situational
awareness (SA) to aid in maneuvers, reduce fratricide, add to a
mission's common operating picture, and support after-action review.
For more information, please visit www.shotspotter.com.

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Frost & Sullivan
Stacie Kopecki, 210-247-2450
Stacie.kopecki@frost.com
or
ShotSpotter, Inc.
Media Contact:
Gregg Rowland, 562-650-2673
gregg@shotspotter.com

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