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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Jon Seidel

New lawsuit aims to halt Chicago’s use of ShotSpotter

ShotSpotter equipment at Stony Island Avenue and East 63rd Street. (Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press)

A new lawsuit aims to end the use of ShotSpotter technology by the city of Chicago, arguing the gunfire alert system is unreliable and leads to unconstitutional policing.

But the company itself claims a 97% accuracy rate, and it has challenged the idea that ShotSpotter alerts result in “hyped up” police arriving at a scene. 

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