In September, local groups in Detroit, Michigan—including Michigan Liberation, Palestinian Youth Movement Detroit, DWB, Detroit Action and the Detroit Justice Center—campaigned to convince Detroit’s city council not to invest $7 million in an expansion of the city's contract with ShotSpotter. LaTonya Goldsby, the head of Black Lives Matter Cleveland, wrote an op-ed that calls on the city to invest in initiatives that reduce violent crime, such as mental health and substance-abuse services, and urged residents to call members of Cleveland City Council’s Public Safety Committee to vote no on the ShotSpotter contract.