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The ShotSpotter gunshot detection system has worn a bullseye among progressives in Chicago for years. Now, Mayor Brandon Johnson says he will make good on a campaign promise to get rid of the ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson is dropping his plan to veto a City Council ordinance aimed at continuing the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system he ended last month, in the face of council opposition that ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Tuesday that he won’t renew the city’s controversial contract with ShotSpotter, making good on a key campaign promise to do away with the gunshot detection ...
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 ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson has labeled “a done deal” his decision to cancel the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system contract after the historically violent summer months and the Democratic ...
A day after Mayor Brandon Johnson indicated he would veto a council effort aimed at keeping ShotSpotter – the controversial gunshot detection technology – the device’s parent company ...
Mayor Johnson says he'll veto plan to save ShotSpotter that City Council passed 02:41. CHICAGO (CBS) — A group of aldermen voted 33-14 on an ordinance seeking to overturn Mayor Brandon Johnson's ...
As Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration conducts pilot testing on first-responder technologies to replace the ShotSpotter system he discontinued, one skeptical alderman wants to move ahead on ...
Once again, activists call for Mayor Johnson to get rid of ShotSpotter 00:56. CHICAGO (CBS) -- A story the CBS 2 Investigators have been following for years: The city of Chicago's ongoing ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's comments Monday denouncing ShotSpotter as "walkie-talkies on a pole" are facing criticism from city council members who want to extend the gunshot detection system ...
Mayor Johnson looking at a range of gunshot-detection systems — including ShotSpotter Bidding for a new contract is now underway after Johnson’s controversial decision to end Chicago’s ...
A day after Mayor Brandon Johnson indicated he would veto a council effort aimed at keeping ShotSpotter – the controversial gunshot detection technology – the device’s parent company ...