HONOLULU (Island News) -- Authorities are hoping a new tool will help in their fight against crime as gun violence continues to grow in the islands.

"It's unfortunately growing," said Mike Lambert, director of the Hawaii Department of Law Enforcement. "I mean we're still one of the safest states in the nation, one of the safest cities in the nation, but you don't want to wait until we're not."

To get ahead of it, the state's investing about $400,000 for a pilot program installing gunshot detection systems in high-risk areas, including the Waianae Coast, Kalihi and Waikiki.

The system detects sounds and can distinguish between gunshots and illegal fireworks.

"What it allows us to do is it can pinpoint a gunshot within 10 feet," he said. "And when we overlay that with license plate reade

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