One Chicago alderman is calling attention to ShotSpotter after an off-duty officer was fatally shot Sunday morning.
Alderman Raymond Lopez claims ShotSpotter, the city's gun detection system, alerted police to a wounded off-duty officer five minutes before anyone called 911. "That extra time is invaluable and you blissfully choose to ignore that fact," Lopez posted on X. The attention to ShotSpotter comes after Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Chicago 's contract with ShotSpotter will expire on Sept. 22, 2024.
At a city council meeting days later on Feb. 21, Johnson hinted at a replacement for ShotSpotter.Several major cities have canceled contracts with ShotSpotter, including Dallas, Atlanta and Philadelphia. When Johnson ran for office, he made it clear he would cancel the city's $33 million contract with SoundThinking and reinvest the money. There has long been debate about ShotSpotter in Chicago dating back to a scathing report from the Office of the Inspector General in 2021.
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