CHICAGO (CBS) — A new gunshot detection system will get a test run starting Monday on the city’s South Side. This comes after its contract with ShotSpotter ended last year.
The city is partnering up with a new company to test the system in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, which is in the Chicago Police Department’s 9th District.
The new pilot program is being tested with a company called Alarm.com. The system is being called a multi-pronged technological system designed to provide accurate and privacy-centric gunshot detection, which they say can help protect communities and save lives in the event of gun violence…