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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Robert Vargas

Chicago shouldn’t renew its ShotSpotter contract

ShotSpotter technology at the intersection of North Lavergne Avenue and West Division Street in the Austin neighborhood. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Standing before the City Club of Chicago in October 2022, Arne Duncan, managing partner of Chicago CRED, made a pitch for philanthropic support for his violence prevention program.

Philanthropy and the business community take science seriously when evaluating programs’ investment worthiness. Weeks ago, an independent quasi-experimental evaluation of CRED found strong results, reporting a 73% reduction in violence-related arrests.

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