A new technology for law enforcement is coming to Kansas City to help police detect and pinpoint gunshots.

Kansas City police are teaming up with the city’s transportation authority to deploy a gunshot-detection system known as ShotSpotter.

officials with the company that developed and markets the ShotSpotter system say it can be operational in the city within 60 to 90 days.

ShotSpotter uses multiple sensors to pick up the sound of gunfire and pinpoint its location.

The information goes into computers at California-based SST Inc., where acoustic experts assess the data to determine whether the sounds were gunfire or something else.

Gunshots are instantly reported back to the area’s 911 operators, or in some cases patrol officers.

SST vice president Lydia Barrett says 68 police agencies across the U.S. use the technology.