The agenda item - listed as 7C - officially reads as “Approval of an encroachment permit for the installation of gunshot detection devices for the Roanoke Police Department within the public right-of-way at various locations throughout the City of Roanoke.”

The Martinsville Police Department is discontinuing its use of a gunshot detection system due to performance issues, while Roanoke prepares to implement the same technology next year.

The Roanoke Police Department has released a photo of the suspect vehicle invovled in a hit-and-run that left a toddler injured.