Who runs gunshot detection in Butte County?
Also listed here because the record shows it
These systems are documented primarily as something else. They appear here because a cited record shows the deployment also does this.
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The 2023 contract reported by the Enterprise-Record covered cameras "equipped with microphones" whose "microphones will also be able to triangulate the location of gunshots to an accuracy within 90 feet."
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- Verified by us
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- Community-reported
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What we do not know
License plate readers [Oroville Police]
- The 2023 agreement and the 2025 renewal as council records, with the device count.
- The usage and privacy policy the state requires an operator to post.
- The transparency portal's sharing list and search counts.
- Whether the gunshot detection the 2023 contract described is operating, and how it is used.
What gunshot detection is
Networked microphones placed around a neighbourhood that listen for gunfire and report a location to police. The microphones are always on.
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What you can do
Civic action
Show up
This technology is bought and renewed by boards, councils and committees that meet in public. We have not yet confirmed where each of them meets in Butte County.
Go to the Butte County hub →Personal protection
Protect yourself
Practical steps to shrink your personal data trail. Our guides publish at launch; until then, EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense is the best starting point.
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