Mayor Johnson approves $10 million payment to extend ShotSpotter deal he vowed to end — aide blames ‘autopay’ – Chicago Sun-Times

During his campaign for mayor, Brandon Johnson criticized the technology and threatened to stop using it, citing the cost and “clear evidence it is unreliable and overly susceptible to human error...This expensive technology played a pivotal role in the police killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. That cannot happen again,” his campaign website stated.