Aldermen in Chicago are challenging Mayor Brandon Johnson's decision to discontinue the use of the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system. They have advanced an ordinance to give the City Council final say over the technology's future, potentially overriding the mayor's plan. The move signifies a significant pushback against the mayor's stance on ShotSpotter.
Local officials are scrutinizing ShotSpotter gunshot detection system anew: ‘What exactly have we been doing here?’ https://t.co/93O0TNn3OU
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For a decade, a network of ShotSpotter sensors has been listening in on Somerville, waiting to hear pops of gunshots. Now, a debate about the technology is spreading nationally, and officials — including in Somerville — are scrutinizing it with new fervor. https://t.co/z2gNmfhT9H
Editorial: Brandon Johnson faces a full-blown City Council rebellion over ShotSpotter https://t.co/Y1ofYSkytF
From the Editorial Board: The mayor said Chicago no longer would use ShotSpotter when its latest contract expires. A number of aldermen are saying: Not so fast. https://t.co/UudH86dnCK
Aldermen on Monday advanced an ordinance to give the City Council final say over violence prevention funding efforts removed by the mayor, such as ShotSpotter. The effort revives the fight over the technology that is set to be canceled later this year. https://t.co/G6ghqmkMK2
Alderpeople could get the final say on using ShotSpotter in neighborhoods. City Council is set to vote on an ordinance that would upend Mayor Brandon Johnson’s decision to stop using the gunshot detection technology. https://t.co/0IkwiHPjZi https://t.co/A5xOT7JeBX
A defiant City Council committee on Monday laid the groundwork to tie Mayor Brandon Johnson’s hands when it comes to canceling the ShotSpotter contract. https://t.co/SadHGlIaRN
The ShotSpotter gunshot detection system could get another chance to stick around in Chicago as aldermen try to wrest control over the technology’s future from Mayor Brandon Johnson. https://t.co/MZaFwHeqM2
In what could constitute a major rebuke of Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson, a large number of aldermen appear supportive of an ordinance that would call on Johnson to continue utilizing ShotSpotter. | @ryanamills77 https://t.co/8iSGWilu58
Aldermen seek control over Shotspotter gunshot detection system’s future https://t.co/1DagbxVGrO
Defying Mayor Brandon Johnson, aldermen seek to keep ShotSpotter on ward-by-ward basis https://t.co/NFGnu8zjJ3 https://t.co/RKs6xnDjnu
ShotSpotter went out with a bang. But it's not dead yet. Aldermen are trying to gain control over the controversial gunshot detection system's future. They just advanced an ordinance to force a City Council vote on Mayor Brandon Johnson's plan to stop using the technology. https://t.co/XZPcVk3TIU