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Take Two

Silicon Valley startup creates gun tracking technology for cops

By Take Two Staff
Published Oct 28, 2014
In this photo taken Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, Jim Schaff, vice president of marketing with Yardarm, demonstrates how a sensor fits into an Airsoft replica of a Glock 17 handgun in San Francisco. A California-based startup has designed new law enforcement technology that aims to automatically alert dispatch when an officer's gun is unholstered and fired. Yardarm can also track where an officer's gun is located and in which direction it's fired. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
In this photo taken Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, Jim Schaff, vice president of marketing with Yardarm, demonstrates how a sensor fits into an Airsoft replica of a Glock 17 handgun in San Francisco. A California-based startup has designed new law enforcement technology that aims to automatically alert dispatch when an officer's gun is unholstered and fired. Yardarm can also track where an officer's gun is located and in which direction it's fired. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Silicon Valley startup creates gun tracking technology for cops

A Silicon Valley tech company has developed technology to let police dispatchers know when an officer's weapon has been fired.

The technology, designed by Yardarm Technologies, would send real-time notifications about when an officer's gun is taken out of its holster, in what direction it was fired, and where the gun is located. 

Yardarm Technology's Jim Schaff joins Take Two to explain how the new police gunfire tracking technology works.