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The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has announced that it will use grant money to expand its ShotSpotter program into two South City neighborhoods that have experienced a high volume of gun crimes.

St. Louis County council members want to restore $718,000 in funding for ShotSpotter systems in a counterproposal to the county executive's suggested budget.

A new report shows homicide rates have dropped by an average of around 5% in 40 of the biggest American cities, but an uptick in murders still plagues parts...

A new report shows homicide rates have dropped by an average of around 5% in 40 of the biggest American cities, but an uptick in murders still plagues parts...

Created in April 2021, the Cross-River Crime Task Force hoped to slow Missouri residents from driving to Madison County to commit crimes.

While Detroit continues to consider expanding ShotSpotter in the city, we took a closer look at data from two cities using the technology--St. Louis and Cincinnati-- to get a better idea of its impact on crime.

The ShotSpotter system generated 15,000 police responses last year in St. Louis city and county, data shows. Officers often had little to act on.