Mayor Johnson does not address ShotSpotter alerting CPD to Officer Luis Huesca
CHICAGO -- According to dispatch recordings, a ShotSpotter sensor alerted police to the shooting that killed Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca nearly 5 minutes before the first 911 caller early Sunday morning.Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday was asked repeatedly about this revelation and his plan to scrap ShotSpotter technology. The first sign that Officer Huesca was in trouble came in at 2:53 a.m. Sunday, in the form of a ShotSpotter alert for four rounds fired at 5501 S. Kedzie Ave.
'Our Police Department has the tools that it needs to help us build a better stronger, safer Chicago,' said Mayor Johnson, 'and as I've said repeatedly, you can't beat policing alone that's a failed strategy.'Johnson on Monday reiterated his reasons for canceling the contract, but would not address the role ShotSpotter may have played in his case. His office negotiated a contract extension through Sept.
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