In a 13-0 vote, elected officials sign off on a 2-year contract renewal with ShotSpotter that spreads acoustic sensors into parts of Loring Park and Whittier.

The Minneapolis City Council on Thursday extended a contract for ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology, amid debate over whether or not it makes the city safer. It’s a smaller expansion than law enforcement requested;

Minneapolis is poised to extend its contract for gunshot detection technology — but only modestly expand where police use it. Why it matters: The proposal before the city council Thursday is an attempt to balance skepticism that ShotSpotter locks in a pattern of heavy-handed policing in majority Black and Latino neighborhoods with officials' contention that it's a useful tool.