Columbus began using ShotSpotter in 2019 in the Linden and Hilltop neighborhoods and the Parsons Avenue corridor on the South Side. Near East Side neighborhoods were included in 2021, while the ...

It's impossible to put a price on saving one human life. So, if the ShotSpotter gunfire detection system operated by Columbus police helps officers and paramedics respond faster to find shooting ...

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share Mayor Brandon Johnson is now being forced to reconsider his decision to shut down the controversial ShotSpotter system — a move that set off a search for police ...

They're listening for gunshots. Since 2019, Columbus has used ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system sold by SoundThinking, a public safety technology company based in California, to alert police ...

Columbus City Council has extended its contract with ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system, for another three years despite debate over its effectiveness. While ShotSpotter has been credited ...

ShotSpotter relies on acoustic sensors designed to pick up gunfire, but it was slammed by Johnson as “a walkie-talkie on a pole” and a waste of taxpayer dollars. SoundThinking CEO Ralph Clark ...