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 ...
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Minneapolis considers an expansion of ShotSpotter — but with strings attached
Minneapolis is poised to extend its contract for gunshot detection technology — but only modestly expand where police use it.
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Minneapolis will keep using ShotSpotter gunshot detection… for now
The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously Thursday to expand and extend its contract to use the gunshot detection technology known as ShotSpotter through 2026, despite facing criticism from some ...
Minneapolis council approves limited expansion of gunshot detection system
In a 13-0 vote, the City Council signed off on a two-year contract renewal with ShotSpotter that spreads acoustic sensors ...
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Showdown over ShotSpotter looms as City Council approves new measure to keep it running
ShotSpotter, which was rebranded as SoundThinking ... The Inspector General released a report in 2021 finding the system, ...
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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 ...
In Its Final Weeks, Chicago Continues ShotSpotter Debate
The Windy City’s contract for the gun detection service will expire shortly, but two aldermen have launched attempts to ...
CEO of company overseeing ShotSpotter sits down with ABC7 as clock ticks down on Chicago contract
The high-stakes ShotSpotter debate will come before the Chicago City Council's public safety committee Monday morning.
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Chicago city council blasts Mayor Johnson canceling ShotSpotter: 'Campaign promise at the expense of lives'
It didn't do that." The ShotSpotter technology has used a network of acoustic sensors to detect the location of gunfire and relay information to the police since 2012. Though Johnson is dedicated to ...
Chicago Council Votes to Give ShotSpotter Contracting Power to Police Superintendent, Sidestepping Mayor
Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson dismissed the gunshot-detection technology as nothing more than ‘walkie-talkies on a stick.’ ...
ShotSpotter fight continues as system’s days in Chicago dwindle
With only weeks to go before ShotSpotter’s Chicago deal ends, aldermen have launched two last ditch attempts to circumvent ...
Boston Crime prevention tool ‘ShotSpotter’ responds to criticism
ACLU Massachusetts, citing its own study, is calling on the city of Boston to end its relationship with ShotSpotter.