The city board will vote next week on whether to renew the city’s contract with SoundThinking Inc., formerly named ShotSpotter, and known for its controversial gunshot detection technology used by the ...

Bidding for a new contract is now underway after Johnson's controversial decision to end Chicago's relationship with ...

"I think it's just the city trying to see what's out there, trying to find the magic technology that is being promised by ...

ShotSpotter is a gunshot detection technology used by police. Little Rock has used the sensors since Dec. 2018, but now joins cities like Seattle, Chicago, and soon, Houston in canceling or not ...

That means that, had ShotSpotter not been removed, police would have been called to the shooting scene sooner, and Gamez may have ended up receiving the life-saving care he needed. CWB Chicago has ...

Critics say ShotSpotter simply doesn’t work; it registers shots where there is no evidence any happened. Accuracy is a major reason that Chicago cited in its decision to discontinue it in 2024.

When ShotSpotter’s acoustic sensors detect a gunshot, the sound is fed through a computer algorithm that determines the approximate location. The technology has given parish law enforcement ...

Arguments for and against were made to the Little Rock Board of Directors on Tuesday as they debated on whether or not the city should renew a $188,000 contract for ShotSpotter Technology.

Chicago police are investigating an armed robbery in which a USPS mail carrier was threatened and robbed of an arrow key.

It's Morning Edition on 90.7 WFAE and WFAE.org I'm Marshall Terry. In the past decade several North Carolina cities, including Charlotte, have stopped using the gunshot detection technology known ...