Brandon Johnson, the mayor of Chicago, is under fire for his handling of a contract with SoundThinking, the company behind gunshot-detection technology ShotSpotter. Johnson had previously promised to end the contract, but instead announced plans to extend it for six months just days before its expiration, without first securing agreement from the company. Johnson’s approach has been criticised as incompetent and potentially detrimental to the safety of Chicago citizens, as the extension would have provided time to devise an alternative plan for responding quickly to shootings. The article suggests that this is the latest in a series of management blunders, highlighting previous problems with handling the migrant crisis and the construction of winter shelters on contaminated land.
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