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Op-Ed: End the Cityā€™s ShotSpotter Contract

ess than five minutes elapsed between the time a ShotSpotter alert summoned police officers to 24th and Sawyer and the moment officer Eric Stillman shot and killed thirteen-year-old Adam Toledo. The automated alert was part of the Chicago Police Departmentā€™s sprawling surveillance network of cameras, microphones, social media monitoring, facial recognition software, and a growing […]