Chicago city councilors vote to skirt mayor in effort to keep ShotSpotter tech
"The mayor referenced the veto because the thing that passed is in violation of the Separation of Powers Act," Chicago Corporation Counsel Mary Richardson-Lowry said at the same press conference. "The legislative branch cannot compel the executive branch to act, hence the item is a vetoable item and the mayor is going to exercise that privilege."
The system used in 12 of Chicago’s 22 most violent police districts is scheduled to be turned off Sunday. Mayor Brandon Johnson kept a campaign promise by canceling ShotSpotter, and has defended that ...
Barring a last-minute extension, the company behind the ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology says work will begin Monday ...
Aldermen are set to vote on a long-shot ordinance some say would compel police Superintendent Larry Snelling to continue ...
Ald. David Moore plans to use a parliamentary maneuver next week to force a vote on an ordinance that would give Police Supt.
The City Council on Wednesday voted 33-14 to give police Supt. Larry Snelling power over the city’s contract with SoundThinking. Mayor Brandon Johnson called the measure illegal and vowed to veto ...
The Windy City’s contract for the gun detection service will expire shortly, but two aldermen have launched attempts to ...
What do we do when this goes off? ... Upwards of 80% in many communities, people don’t call 911 when there is a shooting.
With a 33-14 vote, the City Council passed a measure giving police Supt. Larry Snelling power over the contract. But with the ...
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