Chicago Mayor to End Contract With Gunfire Detection Company

Chicago Mayor to End Contract With Gunfire Detection Company
A pedestrian walks with a dog at the intersection of South Stony Island Avenue and East 63rd Street where the ShotSpotter technology is in use above the crossroads in Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 10, 2021. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Photo
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the city will cancel its contract with a gunfire-detecting technology company.

SoundThinking is the company behind ShotSpotter, a gunfire detection system that relies on acoustic sensory technology dispersed throughout the city, which is fed into a processing unit and user interface that displays alerts signaling when there is gunfire.

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