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Gunshot detection system contract now divides Fayetteville council
The one-year contract with ShotSpotter would cost the city $197,500. The recent vote left the future of the proposal unclear in Fayetteville, though it’s still in use in other NC cities.
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Ben Sessoms
Public-service Reporter, Eastern North Carolina