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· Chicago, IL

Chicago pays $90,000 to settle class action over ShotSpotter-prompted stops

In August 2025 the City of Chicago agreed to settle Williams v. City of Chicago, a class action brought on behalf of two men who were stopped and frisked after ShotSpotter alerts, in separate incidents on the South and Northwest sides. The city’s Law Department put the settlement at $90,000. As part of the agreement the city conceded that a ShotSpotter alert alone does not justify stopping or patting down a person who happens to be near the alert location. The city had stopped using the system in September 2024 and, at the time of the settlement, was considering bringing gunshot detection back.

$90,000Settlementreportedon THE TAB$90,000 per city Law Department spokesperson, as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.

Also in Chicago, IL

10 entries over 6 yr 4 mo, oldest first. The gap is the time since the previous one.

  1. Chicago police decommission the Strategic Subject List after $3.8 million and ten years
  2. +3 monthsOIG advisory on CPD predictive risk models cites unreliability and decommissioning
  3. +4 monthsACLU sues Clearview AI; Chicago PD says it no longer uses the facial recognition tool
  4. +1 yr 3 moChicago OIG finds ShotSpotter rarely leads to evidence of gun crimes
  5. +10 monthsCook County holds hearing on ICE data broker use
  6. +2 yr 3 moChicago switches off ShotSpotter after spending more than $53 million since 2018
  7. +1 dayChicago Lets ShotSpotter Contract Expire After $49 Million in Spending
  8. +6 monthsFederal judge approves Clearview AI settlement paying class in company equity, valued at $51.75 million
  9. +5 monthsChicago pays $90,000 to settle class action over ShotSpotter-prompted stops this entry
  10. +7 monthsChicago pays $500,000 to man charged with murder on the strength of a ShotSpotter alert

Sources

  1. Chicago settles ShotSpotter lawsuit, considers bringing gunshot-detection system back — Chicago Sun-Times, Aug 15, 2025 (chicago.suntimes.com)
  2. Williams v. City of Chicago 1:22-cv-03773 (N.D. Ill.) — Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse (clearinghouse.net)

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