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ShotSpotter CEO and Dept. Director Donated to Harrell Campaigns

by Carolyn Bick

Last Updated on October 12, 2022, 3:50 pm.

The Emerald’s Watchdragon reporting seeks to increase accountability within our city’s institutions through in-depth investigative journalism.


The Emerald has discovered that Mayor Bruce Harrell received small personal campaign donations from both the CEO of and a department director within ShotSpotter — a gunfire detection system that Harrell has been championing for almost 10 years — in both his 2013 mayoral campaign and his 2021 mayoral campaign.

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