[remote or in person] Special Public Hearing on Gunshot Detection Technology or 'ShotSpotter'
Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability
Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024
6:30 p.m. — 8:30 p.m. CST
You have the option of documenting this meeting in person or remotely.
If you choose to attend in person, an additional hour will be added to your total assignment hours.
If you choose to document remotely, the meeting will be live-streamed via Zoom. Be sure to register for the webinar at https://cityofchicago-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6jTXh8OjQ9y7V45XN7UZEQ#/registration.
Pre-research resources
- Official description: This hearing will dive into the use of gunshot technology in our city, aiming to educate both Commissioners and residents of the intricacies of this technology - from its operational mechanisms to its implementation by the city. Panelists include representatives from the following organizations: Chicago Police Department, Institute for Nonviolence Chicago , Office of the Inspector General, P.E.A.C.E, SoundThinking (the company formerly known as ShotSpotter) and the StopShotSpotter Campaign.
- South Side Weekly: CPD Reported Hundreds of Missed Shootings to ShotSpotter Last Year
- TechPolicy.Press: Evaluating the Growing Movement to Stop ShotSpotter
Check the source website for additional information
Agency Information
Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability
In July 2021, the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance creating a new model for police oversight, accountability, and public safety. The ordinance creates two types of bodies: a citywide Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, with power to advance systemic reform, and District Councils, which will be elected in each police district and work to improve policing and public safety in the district. The Commission and District Councils will bring police officers and Chicago residents together to plan, prioritize, and build mutual trust; strengthen the police accountability system; give Chicagoans a meaningful new role in oversight; and explore and advance alternative effective approaches to public safety.
Additional context:
- Dec. 20, 2021, issue of the Newswire newsletter with a timeline of events leading up to the establishment of CCPSA
- List of CCPSA members
- CCPSA bylaws
- Chicago Cityscape map of police districts