ShotSpotter Archives - Signal Cleveland

Cleveland City Council Members Michael Polensek, Richard Starr and Deborah Gray (lower left to top left) meet with Public Safety Director Wayne Drummond (lower right) and other safety officials in preparation for the 2025 budget process.

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Cleveland safety director takes ‘responsibility’ for bypassing council on $853k SpotSpotter extension

by Frank W. Lewis April 23, 2026April 22, 2026

Council members say they may examine the loophole that the city used to continue the contract without council approval.

An image of diagram used in 2022 by ShotSpotter Inc. to explain to Cleveland City Council members how the gunfire-detection response works.

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Cleveland signs up for another year of ShotSpotter, sidestepping City Council

by Nick Castele April 9, 2026April 9, 2026

A photo of Flock Safety license plate reader, a black device about the size of a football, mounted on a pole at East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue. A square solar panel is visible behind it. Cleveland has about 100 license plate readers in high-traffic areas across the city.

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Who is searching Cleveland’s license plate reader photos?

by Frank W. Lewis March 5, 2026April 9, 2026

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What police surveillance technology looks like in Cleveland

by Frank W. Lewis February 4, 2026April 9, 2026

Community Police Commission Co-Chairs John Adams and Sharena Zayed at the December 2025 meeting.

Frustrations surface at last Cleveland Community Police Commission meeting of 2025

by Frank W. Lewis December 15, 2025April 9, 2026

Kerry McCormack stands at a lectern outside in downtown Cleveland

Former Cleveland City Council Member Kerry McCormack, now at Flock Safety, says he wasn’t involved in proposed city contract

by Nick Castele November 24, 2025April 9, 2026

An image of diagram used in 2022 by ShotSpotter Inc. to explain to Cleveland City Council members how the gunfire-detection response works.

Is ShotSpotter helping to make Cleveland safer? City Council debates the question

by Nick Castele November 17, 2025November 17, 2025

Cleveland police officers talk at Trent Park in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood after a news conference on the city's summer safety plan.

As Mayor Justin Bibb embraces more police technology with Flock Safety, petition pushes back

by Nick Castele November 17, 2025April 9, 2026

An image showing the locations of ShotSpotter alerts in Cleveland’s Fourth Police District between 2021 and April 2025.

Cleveland wants to replace ShotSpotter with similar gunshot-detection technology

by Frank W. Lewis October 29, 2025October 30, 2025

Deputy Chief Jarod Schlacht answers a question about police surveillance at at a forum Thursday, May 30, 2024, at New Sardis Primitive Baptist Church.

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Residents asked to share thoughts on ShotSpotter, Cleveland Police response to violent crime

by Stephanie Casanova September 17, 2024October 18, 2024