ShotSpotter devices to be removed starting Monday after contract expires ShotSpotter will stop transmitting its data to Chicago police at midnight barring a last minute order or invention from ...

SOMERVILLE — For a decade, a network of ShotSpotter sensors has been listening in on Somerville, waiting to hear pops of gunshots. Some of the devices are perched out of view atop buildings.

Last year alone, ShotSpotter, Inc. detected roughly 5,600 incidents of automatic weapons fire, the analysis showed. ... The devices appear to be an emerging commodity on the black market.

A ShotSpotter device is seen attached high on a light pole in Somerville. Officials in several cities including Somerville are reconsidering whether to use ShotSpotter, ...

“ShotSpotter helps police rapidly respond to gunfire even when no one calls 911. The automatic reporting is important when a victim may need assistance or evidence needs to be collected.

The ShotSpotter technology reported 39 gunshots. Seven arrests were made in those incidents and zero people were reported to be injured. Residents are concerned with the device's accuracy.

After the city of Chicago announced that a contract to use ShotSpotter technology would not be renewed earlier this week, a lack of clarity has emerged regarding when the devices will go out of ...

A ShotSpotter device is mounted on a lamp post near the area of Beech Street in this Feb. 17, 2010, file photo in East Palo Alto, Calif. Ben Margot / AP ...

ShotSpotter devices were deactivated across the city two weeks ago. Businesses have also offered to help cover interim costs of ShotSpotter for 15 months until the city implements a permanent ...

All of the city’s ShotSpotter devices are concentrated in a 2-square-mile area just south of Interstate 630 to Roosevelt Road, stretching east to west roughly from Woodrow Street to Fair Park ...

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Police Officers arrested a suspect after responding to two ShotSpotter activations in the city on ...

On Thursday, the device’s parent company, SoundThinking, said it would begin the process of removing some 2,000 sensors starting on Monday. The day prior, Johnson indicated he would veto a City ...