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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Minneapolis council committee approves ShotSpotter extension
A Minneapolis council committee voted Monday to extend its contract with the company that owns ShotSpotter – an artificial ...