A nine-month, $2 million contract extension for Detroit's ShotSpotter gunshot detection system is in jeopardy over City Council concerns that the Detroit Police Department has not justified the continued cost of the program.
The council's Public Health and Safety Committee formally recommended Monday that the extension be rejected when it comes up for a vote by the full City Council on June 30, the day the current ShotSpotter contract expires. Committee Chair Gabriela Santiago-Romero and Vice Chair Denzel McCampbell, the council's two democratic socialists, questioned police leadership over privacy concerns and cost during three sessions this month.