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CHARLOTTE, NC – City Council members will decide Monday night if they want to continue a technology system that can hear and locate gun shots.
The ShotSpotter system started in Uptown two years ago in preparation for the DNC. Β Since then it’s also been installed in Grier Heights and along Farm Pond Lane near Albemarle Road.Β
CMPD is asking City Council for $155,000 to extend the contract through August 2015. Β The police department is also asking Council to give the City Manager authority to extend that contract for up to three more years.Β
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One neighbor says he likes the system but not the price tag.
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“It’s a lot fewer gun shots now. But as far as we having to pay for it, no, I don’t think that’s a good idea,” says Grier Heights resident Gordon Withers.
