Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration wants to expand the city’s use of ShotSpotter, a technology that relies on a network of sensors to detect gunshots. Detroit police have praised the system as ...

A community member expresses concern over gunfire in their community, despite a decrease in overall crime rates. At Tuesday's Board of Aldermen meeting, Police Chief Patrick Gallagher presented ...

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Despite some resistance from alderpersons, Mayor Brandon Johnson has remained committed to phasing out Chicago's contract for the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system ...

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share Mayor Brandon Johnson is now being forced to reconsider his decision to shut down the controversial ShotSpotter system — a move that set off a search for police ...

They're listening for gunshots. Since 2019, Columbus has used ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system sold by SoundThinking, a public safety technology company based in California, to alert police ...

ShotSpotter relies on acoustic sensors designed to pick up gunfire, but it was slammed by Johnson as “a walkie-talkie on a pole” and a waste of taxpayer dollars. SoundThinking CEO Ralph Clark ...