DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Durham City Council approved a one-year contract for the ShotSpotter program on Monday.
All but two council members voted yes for the contract expected to cost more than $197,000.
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ShotSpotter is a series of sensors placed in a community that can detect when gunshots are fired.
Officers can then be alerted and deployed to a scene more quickly than if they wait for a 911 call.
Durham is the sixth city in the state to get the technology.
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The technology was originally scheduled to be deployed in the Bull City in September but is not expected to go live until mid-November.
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