The town of Chicago is discontinuing the usage of a gunshot detection expertise service referred to as ‘ShotSpotter’ this 12 months. When questioned this week about what’s going to take its place, Johnson steered that there could also be some emergency conditions that might get a ‘non-police’ response.
This idea has catastrophe written throughout it. Johnson singled out psychological well being emergencies for example, however any legislation enforcement officer will inform you that these conditions are harmful since you by no means know what you’re strolling into. Is the individual armed? Excessive on medication or drunk?
All this can do is make town much less protected for the folks. It’s precisely the mistaken factor to do.
The Related Press reported:
Chicago’s contract with SoundThinking, a public security expertise firm that claims its ShotSpotter software is utilized in roughly 150 cities, expires Friday. The town plans to wind down use of ShotSpotter expertise by late September, based on metropolis officers. Since 2018, town has spent $49 million on ShotSpotter.
“Chicago will deploy its sources on the best methods and techniques confirmed to speed up the present downward development in violent crime,” town stated in an announcement. “Doing this work, in session with neighborhood, violence prevention organizations and legislation enforcement, supplies a pathway to a greater, stronger, safer Chicago for all.”
Johnson’s workplace stated that in the course of the interim interval, legislation enforcement and neighborhood security teams would “assess instruments and packages that successfully enhance each security and belief,” and problem suggestions.
Extra from Twitchy:
Chicago ousted former mayor Lori Lightfoot as a result of issues weren’t going properly within the Windy Metropolis. They elected a man fairly open about his love of communism, Brandon Johnson. And issues are going even worse than earlier than, and that’s mirrored in his tanking polling numbers…
And now it will get even worse: he needs a ‘non-police response’ to emergencies. Sending social employees to crime scenes doesn’t finish properly for anybody.
Watch the video beneath:
DELUSIONAL: After Chicago scraped its gunshot detection system, Mayor Johnson says the reply is, “a non-police response to reply to emergency.” pic.twitter.com/8U8ae5Myhc
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 16, 2024
It’s astounding that the folks of Chicago are placing up with this.
