TLDR:
- Former Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is speaking out about Mayor Brandon Johnson’s decision not to renew a contract for the CPD technology, ShotSpotter.
- Eddie Johnson highly recommended the gunshot detection system to then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel, as he believes it was effective in reducing gun violence in certain districts of Chicago.
- The mayor wants to provide police with time to function without ShotSpotter by extending the contract for six months.
- While the mayor is committed to extending the contract, the company that owns the technology, SoundThinking, is apparently not.