ShotSpotter to Return?
Or some version of it. The correct political conditions seem to be appearing....there must be a Conehead nephew who landed a job there or something:
The city of Chicago settled a lawsuit Friday that claimed police used the ShotSpotter gunshot-detection system as a pretext for unlawful stops — even as Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration considers bringing the technology back.
[....] Johnson campaigned on getting rid of ShotSpotter and has referred to the technology as “a walkie-talkie on a pole” and a waste of taxpayer money. He made good on his campaign promise when he let the ShotSpotter contract lapse in September 2024, but his administration has since opened up bidding on a new contract for gunshot-detection technology.
Most of the article deals with a pair of lawsuits that ::surprise!!:: the City paid off to go away. If you really want to read it all, click the link up top, but suffice it to say the lawyers really twisted themselves into pretzels on this one....and Corp Counsel barely put up a fight.
There are currently eight companies bidding for the Contract, including SoundThinking, the parent company of ShotSpotter, that has the advantage of years worth of data on hand to make their bid very attractive from a financial standpoint.
Labels: city politics
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
11 Comments:
The mayor is over his head and has no clue how to run a city.
The only thing attractive about any bids on any city/county/state contracts is the amount of the grifters' bribes.
Back room deal and some "donations" will do it...
Have you heard about the firearm recognition software the city has rolled out? It’s been really hush hush, but some districts have cameras where anytime a firearm is flashed or observed on the public way, the SDSC room POs get an automatic email about it with a snapshot of the person with the firearm. It’s pretty cool, but I’m surprised the media hasn’t been talking about it or any amcs about it.
Whatever happens you know it has to involve a substantial financial donation to peckerhead's cookie jar.
And I want to see some diversity, equity and inclusion with those shot spotters, I want some of them in the white neighborhoods not just the black and brown.. white lives matter
Why work when you can twerk spotter could raise millions in revenue!
Trade off here...More speed cameras for Mt. Greenwood & Edison Park.... OK
Sorry. I heard the word peckerhead and I got all excited. I have to go lie down now. I think I am getting a vase of the vapors.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
I have mixed feelings about this issue. Signed me CHALKIE.
Hal O’Tosis Says:
Does it really matter if Shot Spotter is brought back or not? It can’t stop the gunshots from going off, and they either hit or missed their target. The percentage of actual offenders caught for doing a crime, due to Shot Spotter, are slim. Who’s really makin the Taxpayers $$$ with this scam ???
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