ShotSpotter contract with City of Chicago has expired. What happens next?
This week, the city council voted to overturn Mayor Brandon Johnson's plan to eliminate the controversial system, but Johnson ...
After ShotSpotter ends, what happens to the sensors and infrastructure?
The City Council on Wednesday voted 33-14 to give police Supt. Larry Snelling power over the city’s contract with ...
ShotSpotter’s future again in question in City Council days before gunshot detection tool goes offline
The City Council Wednesday could again rebuke Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to rid Chicago of ShotSpotter, just days before ...
Editorial: With ShotSpotter’s looming demise, Brandon Johnson turns his back on neighborhoods whose votes made him mayor
By insisting on ending ShotSpotter in neighborhoods torn by gun violence, Mayor Brandon Johnson is rejecting the wishes of ...
1 killed, 6 wounded when shooting erupts during prayer village in Little Village neighborhood, Chicago police say
One man was killed and six men were wounded late Saturday night when a shooting erupted during a prayer vigil in the Little ...
Last-ditch attempt to keep ShotSpotter snuffed out by parliamentary counter-maneuver
Proponents of the gunshot detection technology wanted to force a City Council vote Wednesday on an ordinance empowering CPD ...
Mayor Johnson reiterates veto stance on ShotSpotter, so what happens next?
Barring a last-minute extension, the company behind the ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology says work will begin Monday ...
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ShotSpotter support highest in Black, Hispanic Chicago wards mayor claims it hurts
Where is support strongest for the gunshot detection system Chicago’s mayor wants to dump? In the Black and Hispanic wards ...
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Minneapolis City Council approves expansion of ShotSpotter
The Minneapolis City Council on Thursday extended a contract for ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology, amid debate over ...
City Council gives top cop power to keep ShotSpotter, but Johnson vows veto
The system used in 12 of Chicago’s 22 most violent police districts is scheduled to be turned off Sunday. Mayor Brandon Johnson kept a campaign promise by canceling ShotSpotter, and has defended that ...
Mayor digs in after taking a hit
— FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: State Sen. Ram Villivalam and state Rep. Kevin Olickal have written a letter to Chicago Public Schools ...
Alders vote to give city’s top cop control over future of ShotSpotter, mayor says he’ll veto measure
With a 33-14 vote, the City Council passed a measure giving police Supt. Larry Snelling power over the contract. But with the ...