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Mayor Brandon Johnson, Pedro Martinez

Tribune News Service on MSN · 12h

ShotSpotter to vie for another Chicago deal as Mayor Brandon Johnson seeks new first-responder technology

Mayor Brandon Johnson is asking businesses to offer up new violent crime response tools just as his administration ends the ShotSpotter police technology deal, and the controversial outgoing vendor intends to throw its hat in the ring to continue operating in Chicago.

hpherald · 18h

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson asks CPS CEO Pedro Martinez to leave, but he won’t go

Mayor Brandon Johnson asked Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez to resign on Wednesday, but Martinez declined, according to published reports and at least one source familiar with internal discussions.

ABC 7 Chicago on MSN · 5h

CTU House of Delegates votes no confidence in Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez

The house of delegates of the Chicago Teachers Union issued a no confidence vote for Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez last week.

ShotSpotter, Chicago

Chicago mayor seeking alternatives as city's ShotSpotter contract expires

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is exploring other options after the city's contract with ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection technology, expired.

NBC Chicago · 22h

‘ShotSpotter,' Chicago's gunshot detection technology system, dismantled as contract expires

As of midnight, the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system was no longer sending data to Chicago Police because the company's contract was not renewed by Mayor Brandon Johnson.

ABC 7 Chicago · 16h

Chicago police no longer using ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology as contract ends

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police are no longer using the ShotSpotter technology as of Monday morning. The city's contract expired overnight. Monday is the first day in more than six years the city of Chicago will go without the gunshot detection technology. Shotspotter effectively shut down at midnight.

Wall Street Journal1d

Chicago’s Mayor of Mayhem

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson lives in a progressive fantasy land, and the latest evidence is his decision to scrap a ...

4don MSN

Chicago alderpeople vote to keep ShotSpotter technology, Mayor Johnson plans to veto

Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to get rid of the controversial gunshot detection program, saying it's too expensive and doesn't ...

4don MSN

Some aldermen warn ShotSpotter veto could blow up budget negotiations between mayor, city council

Mayor Brandon Johnson has vowed to veto an ordinance that would keep ShotSpotter gun detection technology in place, but ...

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Ald. Silvana Tabares: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s leadership needs a lesson in math

It’s an age-old maxim to say politics is a game of addition, not subtraction. Coalition building is about bringing people ...

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Chicago city council blasts Mayor Johnson canceling ShotSpotter: 'Campaign promise at the expense of lives'

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson continued his calls to shut down the gunshot detection system ShotSpotter on Monday ahead of an ...

Chicago Football Classic HBCU Week spotlights colleges, career opportunities

CHICAGO – Mayor Brandon Johnson proclaimed this week Chicago Football Classic HBCU Week. It’s an annual tradition ...

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'Remember the Date': Chicago mayor declares Sept. 20 as Belal Muhammad Day to honor UFC champ

From this day forward, Sept. 20 will be knowns as Belal Muhammad Day in the UFC welterweight champion’s hometown of Chicago.

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Facing a $1 billion budget gap, Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn’t said if he’ll take a pay raise next year

Johnson and other elected officials had until Sunday to reject the 4.1% pay raise. At least two alderpersons have said they ...

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