Privacy, efficacy concerns continue as Detroit police seek more than $2M extension to ShotSpotter

By: Katherine Dailey

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: June 5, 2026

Words: 1,621

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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The Detroit Police Department is seeking an extension to its gunshot detection technology contract with California-based SoundThinking, Inc., whose ShotSpotter technology has been used in Detroit since 2020.

The city’s current contract for the technology, which was signed in 2022 and is set to expire at the end of June, is for $7 million — a price tag that advocates and city lawmakers alike have raised concerns over. Now, the police department is asking …

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