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
William J. Bratton
Board member
Former Commissioner of the New York City and Boston Police Departments and former Chief of the LAPD, now Executive Chairman of Teneo Risk. He joined ShotSpotter's board (initially in 2013, rejoining in November 2017) and has publicly defended the company's gunshot-detection technology against critics.
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.