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Chicago City Council approves measure to keep ShotSpotter in place 02:45. CHICAGO (CBS) -- City Council supporters of ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved ...
The City Council again rebuked Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to rid Chicago of ShotSpotter Wednesday, voting to keep the gunshot detection technology around just days before it was set to go offline.
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.
Chicago Aldermen Jason Ervin (28th), left, and Walter Burnett (27th) watch as the council votes to take control over decision to terminate the city's contract with ShotSpotter during a meeting of ...
Chicago City Council votes for ordinance seeking to keep ShotSpotter technology 02:13. At a news conference after the City Council meeting Wednesday, Mayor Johnson said he was committed to other ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson has vowed to veto an ordinance that would keep ShotSpotter gun detection technology in place after the Chicago City Council voted in favor of it. Aldermen ...
CHICAGO — The City Council Wednesday could again rebuke Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to rid Chicago of ShotSpotter, just days before the gunshot detection technology is set to go offline.
The Chicago City Council made a significant break with Mayor Brandon Johnson, voting to give the deciding vote over ShotSpotter technology to the city’s police superintendent. The ordinance ...
Deputy Police Chief Paul B. Saucier told the council Tuesday that when the department approached ShotSpotter about expanding the city's coverage area, the company offered the city a free square ...
The Public Safety Committee voted 2-1 to send to the full City Council a new $2.5 million, three-year contract with SoundThinking, the company behind ShotSpotter, which was deployed in Oakland in ...
The city is seeking a third-party academic to study Minneapolis’ use of ShotSpotter and produce a report on its efficacy by March 2026, before the new contract is set to expire.
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.