Editorial: Two weeks and too many bodies on the streets. Please reinstate ShotSpotter, Mayor Brandon Johnson.
Several gunshot victims have lain dead or wounded and unattended for long stretches following ShotSpotter’s contract ...
ShotSpotter's gone, but city still needs to find gunshot victims fast
The sooner victims make it to the hospital, the more likely doctors can save them, the director of the University of Chicago ...
Defunct ShotSpotter heard gunshots 9 hours before woman’s body found, alderman says
A ShotSpotter gunshot detection sensor reportedly recorded the sound of gunfire more than nine hours before an East Side ...
City officials weigh in on loss of ShotSpotter after 19-year-old’s murder
The family of 19-year-old Sierra Evans is preparing for a vigil Wednesday night, but has already voiced concerns about the ...
East Side community mourns 19-year-old Sierra Evans and wonders if ShotSpotter could have saved her
Babies cried and dogs barked on the other side of a fence where Sierra Evans was fatally shot last weekend. Adults gathered ...
Loved ones mourn loss of teen killed on Far South Side as debate over ShotSpotter continues
Anti-violence advocates are calling for the return of ShotSpotter, the city’s ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology, ...
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ShotSpotter Alert Leads to Arrest of 28-Year-Old Utica Man
UTICA, N.Y. -- A ShotSpotter alert from September has resulted in the arrest of a man from Utica. On Sept. 13, at around ...
Chicago alderman urges Mayor Johnson to reactivate ShotSpotter after death of Sierra Evans
A Chicago alderman is calling on Mayor Brandon Johnson to reactivate the city’s ShotSpotter gunfire detection system after ...
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Opinion: Chicago Should Reinstate Use of ShotSpotter Tech
It’s been two weeks since Mayor Brandon Johnson ended the city’s contract with the company that owns and operates the ...
Three Shot Dead in Chicago Neighborhoods Where ShotSpotter Was Turned Off
It’s possible the victims could have been saved if Mayor Brandon Johnson hadn’t decommissioned the gunshot-detection system, ...
Cities across the country are ditching ShotSpotter gunshot detectors. Oakland could be next
Elected officials in Oakland will soon consider whether to renew the city’s contact for ShotSpotter, the audio-sensing ...
Deputy mayor on safety talks quarterly update to plan, ShotSpotter replacement proposals
Chicago Deputy Mayor Darien Gatewood joined ABC7 to talk about the event, which he said was a quarterly update on the plan launched last December. Gatewood said it is the third quarterly meeting that ...