Re: Chicago to drop ShotSpotter

On Wed, 1 May 2024 22:19:02 -0000 (UTC)
"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
 

Wnat will become of Gideon Reeves? 

 

Mayor Johnson to end ShotSpotter deal after summer, making good on
key campaign promise
After Sun-Times first reported the decision, Johnson issued a
statement saying the city "will decommission" the gunshot detection
system on Sept. 22, meaning cops will have access to it throughout
the violent summer months and the Democratic National Convention.
By Tom Schuba and Fran Spielman
Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 13, 2024, 10:41am CST
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/02/13/mayor-johnson-to-end-shotspotter-deal-after-summer
 

 

Note that Johnson's brand new police commissioner said publicly that
he wanted the contract renewed. 

 
Whoops
 
Police, again defying Mayor Brandon Johnson (I have no idea how it is
that none of the executive department heads report to Johnson) publish
statistics that police response was FASTER with a ShotSpotter alert
alone, two minutes slower with a ShotSpotter alert and a 911 call for
the same incident, and almost another minute slower with a 911 call
but no ShotSpotter alert.
 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/05/01/shotspotter-response-times-911-call-chicago-police-statistics-city-council-contract-mayor-johnson

I don't understand why the mayor wants to dump ShotSpotter. I could
only read the first couple of paragraphs of the story without a
subscription.

Johnson seems to be another "progressive" activist type so I'm guessing
he sees something racist in technology that is going to get police to
scenes of shootings faster because more black people are going to get
arrested, upsetting his base. Of course he's unlikely to actually say
that and would cloak it in some other improbable argument.

--
Rhino