Is ShotSpotter helping catch killers? Cleveland has spent $2.8 million on the tool, and there is growing evidence that it is ...

A 56-year-old man was involved in a fight with another male late Saturday on a train platform, police said. The man sustained ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is asking businesses to offer up new violent crime response tools just as his administration ends the ShotSpotter police technology deal.

As of midnight, the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system was no longer sending data to Chicago Police because the company's contract was not renewed by Mayor Brandon Johnson.

The City of Chicago's relationship with ShotSpotter came to an end as the clock turned from Sunday night to Monday morning. But the Chicago Police Department is assuring people that its commitment ...

Research finds ShotSpotter slows police responses to 911 calls Chicago’s gunshot detection technology is scheduled to go offline Sunday. A new study finds the system has had unintended consequences.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- City Council supporters of ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a measure aimed at keeping it in place, but Mayor Brandon Johnson insisted ...

ShotSpotter's contract with the Illinois State Police expired last summer, but microphones along the Dan Ryan were publishing alerts as recently as April. Credit: James Hosking In June 2022, the ...

Safety Dynamics, another embattled gunshot detection company, is trying to take another bite of the apple here.

Despite Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to rid Chicago of ShotSpotter, nearly all aldermen representing the neighborhoods where people are most likely to be shot still want the controversial ...

After lengthy contract talks, the city will keep the gunshot detection system in place through September. But critics say it disproportionately harms people of color and some attorneys argue it ...

Chicago joins several cities that reevaluated their strategies for lower gun violence post-pandemic, focusing on proven tools to keep communities safe.