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• Mayor Brandon Johnson is now being forced to reconsider his decision to shut down the controversial ShotSpotter system — a move that set off a search for police technologies that some business leaders have slammed as slipshod and frantic.

  SoundThinking, ShotSpotter’s parent company, is among eight firms that submitted proposals to provide citywide “gun violence detection technology,” according to records from the bidding process, which ended Friday.

  ShotSpotter relies on acoustic sensors designed to pick up gunfire, but it was slammed by Johnson as “a walkie-talkie on a pole” and a waste of taxpayer dollars. SoundThinking CEO Ralph Clark wouldn’t comment.

  A source with knowledge of the ongoing procurement process said Johnson’s administration seemingly didn’t weigh the ramifications of nixing ShotSpotter in September, leading to “a mad dash” to open up bidding.

Meanwhile, just three days ago, CWB documented the fortieth of Brandon's Bodies:

• An 18-year-old man was found murdered, shot multiple times and lying alone in a Far South Side alley early Saturday morning, even though nobody reported hearing gunfire in the area.

  The victim, who remained unidentified, was wearing a ski mask when officers responding to a “person down” found him in the 13000 block of South Avenue M around 1:18 a.m.

Eight companies have submitted bids, but we're told only ShotSpotter has inside track on equipment in place, affordable prices and years worth of data collection to assist in placing monitors. All they have to do now is hire a connected nephew and they're the odds on favorite.