When we last checked in on the fate of Chicago’s ShotSpotter crime-fighting technology, there were some signs that a deal might be on the table that could see Mayor Brandon Johnson’s efforts to remove the system from the city reversed. But I included an important caveat with the idea: maybe. A strong majority of the Aldermen on the City Council were in favor of a plan that would allow the Police Administrator to negotiate a new contract with ShotSpotter and a group of local business owners had offered to kick in $2.5 million to gain an extension to the contract. A headline this week in CBS News Chicago seemed to offer more hope, claiming that Johnson had agreed not to veto the new contract. But that turned out to be less than met the eye and the Mayor still plans to sink the deal.
Mayor Brandon Johnson will not veto an ordinance that would have allowed the city’s top cop to…
