Safety and Justice

Great cities are safe and just.

Civic Consulting Alliance facilitates institutional reform and collaborative transformation to address systemic inequities and make the Chicago region a safe and just place for all. We focus on:

Police reform and accountability
Addressing violence as a public health crisis
Justice system reform

Project Highlights

March 24, 2022

hello March 24, 2022

Community Safety Coordination Center

In August 2021, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced the creation of the Community Safety Coordination Center (CSCC), a first-of-its-kind, multi-agency coordination center to advance a whole of government, community-driven approach to violence prevention and reduction for the City of Chicago. The CSCC ...

September 24, 2021

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Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities supports collaborative violence reduction strategies as it enters its fifth year

As we head into the fall, we close a second consecutive summer with a dramatic rise in gun violence in Chicago. Gun violence is an issue of paramount importance to our collective well-being and to our region’s prosperity—it is a ...

March 30, 2021

hello March 30, 2021

Working Towards a More Just and Equitable Juvenile Justice System

A February 2020 report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the 2019 consent decree found that Chicago’s juvenile justice system is not achieving its goal of reducing youth recidivism, and may re-traumatize youth or increase their likelihood ...

Safety & Justice