Proponents say ShotSpotter saves lives. Civil libertarians say the technology makes it more likely in communities of color that people will have tense or even dangerous run-ins with police.
At 4 a.m. Wednesday, a negotiation committee of janitors of Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, which represents about 330 cleaners at Northeastern, unanimously approved a new tentative union contract, preventing a strike, according to a press release from the union. The new contract includes annual pay increases totaling over 18%.