Also called: Incident Review Analyst, Acoustic Gunfire Reviewer
Listens to sounds picked up by city sensor networks and decides within seconds whether they were gunshots or fireworks before police are sent.
On a night shift you hear a sharp pop flagged by rooftop microphones. You look at its sound wave and the map of which sensors heard it, and in under a minute decide: multiple gunshots, or a car backfiring? If real, police get a pin on the map. The Fourth of July and New Year's Eve are your busiest nights.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma or some college; trained by the company on sound patterns.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Growing about average. Depends on city contracts; some cities have dropped these systems over cost and accuracy debates.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Machine learning already pre-sorts most sounds; humans review the tricky calls, but fewer reviewers may be needed.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to gunshot-detection review center openings; they train you to classify sounds First: Background check plus a few weeks of company training
Classes: Physics (sound waves), Computer science, Band or music (trained ear).
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