Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is making good on a campaign promise by not renewing the city’s gunshot detection system, a win for progressive activists who have long championed holistic approaches to crime.
Johnson announced on Tuesday that the city will not renew its contract with ShotSpotter, which expires on Feb. 16, and will decommission the system of acoustic sensors on light poles throughout most of the South and West Side neighborhoods on Sept. 22.
Ahead of the sensors’ discontinuation in September, “law enforcement and other community safety stakeholders will assess tools and programs that effectively increase both safety and trust, and issue recommendations to that effect,” according to the Johnson administration.
Johnson ran a platform of shifting away from traditional public safety methods during the 2023 mayoral race. The decision to
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