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Birmingham defends value of ShotSpotter system
Birmingham's use of the ShotSpotter gunfire detection system is under scrutiny as the city grapples with rising gun violence.
Police believe the Birmingham, Alabama, mass shooters used ‘conversion devices.’ Here’s what that means
The people who opened fire in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, late Saturday are ... according to a 2022 CNN analysis ...
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2 children, man shot while driving in west Birmingham
According to Sgt. LaQuitta Wade, Birmingham officers were dispatched to the area at 8:11 p.m. on a ShotSpotter alert. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service transported two juveniles to Children’s ...
Man, 21, arrested for recent Birmingham homicide
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC) - Birmingham Police say a 21-year-old from from Trussville has been arrested for a murder that ...
‘It has beat me down’: Birmingham woman seeks answers in son’s 2022 disappearance
Lee Curtis Vanderbilt was last seen Wednesday, July 20, 2022, when he left his home in the 1600 block of 31st Street in ...
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One teen in custody after ShotSpotter alert
Wilmington Police Department says that Monday night around 11 p.m., police responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the 400 block of Gleason Road. When the police arrived, they found two males at the ...
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Local police embrace ShotSpotter, but others have pulled plug
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — In Newport News and in Virginia Beach, when no one dials 911, police can rely on technology such as the ShotSpotter system, which alerts police to the sound and ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson won't veto ShotSpotter ordinance
While Johnson said last month that he had "no choice" but to veto the ordinance that sought to reinstate the city's ShotSpotter program by directing Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling to ...
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ShotSpotter was decommissioned in Chicago at midnight Monday. What's next?
ShotSpotter's gunshot detection technology was decommissioned in the city at midnight Monday with the expiration of the city's contract with SoundThinking, the company behind ShotSpotter.
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Chicago aldermen, business leaders pledge $2.5 million to revive ShotSpotter gunshot detection system
CHICAGO (CBS) --A group of Chicago aldermen is continuing to push to revive the city's ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology, two weeks after the system was taken offline. Alds. David Moore ...
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Will Peoria get rid of its Shotspotter technology?
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — As of Sept. 23, Chicago is taking down its ShotSpotter detection technology as it just doesn’t work. Chicago’s mayor said ShotSpotter didn’t prevent crime ...
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Private eyes
This story was published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. As Chicago’s ShotSpotter microphones come down following years of ...