Headline Roundup • February 16th, 2024
Chicago Mayor Announces End of Police Use of Gunshot Detection Technology
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The City of Chicago will not be renewing its contract with gunshot detection technology ShotSpotter after this summer, city officials announced Tuesday.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's office released a statement Tuesday morning, saying its multi-million-dollar contract with SoundThinking, which owns the ShotSpotter technology, will be extended through Sept. 22, but end after that.
The decision comes as the city was facing a Friday deadline for its $49 million contract with ShotSpotter, which operates a network of acoustic sensors to alert police of gunfire.
"Moving forward, the City of Chicago will...
The city of Chicago will end its relationship with ShotSpotter after the summer ends, announced Mayor Brandon Johnson. On Tuesday morning, the mayor released a statement saying that the city would not renew its contract with SoundThinking, the company behind the gun detection technology, which was set to expire on Friday. He also said the city will fully end its use of it on Sept. 22. “During the interim period, law enforcement and other community safety stakeholders will assess tools and programs that effectively increase both safety and trust, and...
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CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Tuesday that Chicago is not renewing the city’s ShotSpotter contract. The mayor said the contract with ShotSpotter’s owner, “SoundThinking,” ends on Friday — but the technology itself will work until Sept. 22. Officers will have access to SpotShotter throughout the summer and during the Democratic National Convention in August. Johnson said over the next months, law enforcement and community leaders will assess other gun violence prevention tools and give recommendations. He also said the Chicago Police Department will implement new gun violence response training...
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