ShotSpotter to vie for another Chicago deal as Mayor Brandon Johnson seeks new first responder technology
Mayor Brandon Johnson is asking businesses to offer up new violent crime response tools just as his administration ends the ...
Editorial: With ShotSpotter’s looming demise, Brandon Johnson turns his back on neighborhoods whose votes made him mayor
We’ve seen plenty of Chicago mayors do things that turned out to be wildly unpopular in retrospect. Richard M. Daley’s ...
City Council votes to keep ShotSpotter, but Mayor Johnson pledges veto
As Mayor Johnson sticks to his plan, opponents are already trying to pin him with blame for any gunshot deaths that follow, ...
Chicago alderpeople vote to keep ShotSpotter technology, Mayor Johnson plans to veto
Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to get rid of the controversial gunshot detection program, saying it's too expensive and doesn't ...
Chicago city council blasts Mayor Johnson canceling ShotSpotter: 'Campaign promise at the expense of lives'
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson continued his calls to shut down the gunshot detection system ShotSpotter on Monday ahead of an ...
Days before ShotSpotter contract ends, alders try to outmaneuver Mayor Brandon Johnson
ShotSpotter is set to go dark on Sunday, fulfilling a campaign promise by Mayor Brandon Johnson to cancel the city's contract ...
ShotSpotter technology goes dark in Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) — ShotSpotter is now offline in Chicago. The gunshot detection system stopped sending data to police at 12:01 a ...
Residents concerned over discontinuation of ShotSpotter: ‘How will the police know where all the shootings are?’
Claudia Rodriguez said shootings are so frequent in her Chicago Lawn neighborhood that the sound of gunshots doesn’t surprise ...
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Chicago mayor seeking alternatives as city's ShotSpotter contract expires
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is exploring other options after the city's contract with ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection ...
Mayor Johnson condemns ShotSpotter as 'a walkie-talkie on a pole' days before system shuts down
The city spent "$100 million for a walkie-talkie on a pole, and the reason why they said we needed it was to reduce gun ...
Mayor Johnson rejects plan to keep ShotSpotter; company to remove gunshot sensors
A day after Mayor Brandon Johnson indicated he would veto a council effort aimed at keeping ShotSpotter – the controversial ...
‘ShotSpotter,' Chicago's gunshot detection technology system, dismantled as contract expires
As of midnight, the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system was no longer sending data to Chicago Police because the company's contract was not renewed by Mayor Brandon Johnson.