Lawsuit
Michael Williams jailed on ShotSpotter evidence
2021Michael Williams spent nearly a year in jail on ShotSpotter-based evidence before a judge tossed the case — fueling scrutiny of the technology's reliability in court.
Individual
Ralph Clark
President & CEO
Recruited around 2010 after selling GuardianEdge to Symantec, Clark turned the struggling company around by shifting to a lower-priced subscription (SaaS) model and led ShotSpotter's June 2017 IPO on Nasdaq. He remains President and CEO of the renamed SoundThinking.
On the record
Companies
Incidents in their orbit
Investigation
89% of alerts, no gun crime found
2021A MacArthur Justice Center analysis found the vast majority of Chicago ShotSpotter alerts led to no evidence of a gun crime, driving claims it wastes resources and over-polices neighborhoods.
Ban / Halt
Chicago ends its contract
2024Facing accuracy disputes and community pressure, Chicago — one of ShotSpotter's largest deployments — declined to renew its contract.