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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It also includes ShotSpotter, SecureCampus, and ShotSpotter SiteSecure solutions. The company was founded by Robert B. Calhoun, Jason Dunham, and Robert Leroy Showen in 1996 and is headquartered ...

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 ...