Pushback as Chicago’s ShotSpotter Contract Nears End – WGNTV (Chicago)

“It’s frustrating for me because I know 70 – at least 70 percent of gunshots being fired in the city go unreported and that’s troubling,” ShotSpotter official and former police superintendent, Eddie Johnson said. “The fact is, people don’t call police for whatever reason.”
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Robert L. Peters
1 year ago

I know we have a bunch of really tough journalists in chicago. Can one of them ask Brandon if he agreed to cancel shot spotter in return for street gangs helping him get elected.

debtsor
1 year ago

They just want to shoot at each other without police involvement. It’s not that hard to understand. We can all scream about “Public Safety!” or “Crime!” but none of that really matters to them. They have different values than you. They are perfectly OK living in a society where you can go around shooting people. They have their own private and chaotic justice system and they don’t want outsiders getting involved. Just today, the Chicago police released a picture the other day of some dude with an Edgar haircut who shot a 17 year old girl in the leg 3… Read more »

Tommy Paine
1 year ago

A 2024 report released by Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx showed that ShotSpotter rarely led to prosecutions for gun crimes,  A 2024 report released by Crook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx showed that Kim Foxx rarely led to prosecutions for gun crimes. There! I fixed it for you Kimmy, you clown! The number of calls that are received clock the system that we have many, many calls that are not emergency calls while we have – and we continue to hear this – that the residents would like to see efficiency in response times. ShotSpotter doesn’t do that,” said… Read more »

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