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 30, 2021

hello March 30, 2021

Convening Community Stakeholders to Review COPA Policies

Since 2018, Civic Consulting Alliance has undertaken multiple projects to help the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) prepare for and respond to a court-monitored consent decree, which mandates reforms across a wide range of areas. ...

March 30, 2021

hello March 30, 2021

Developing a Community Engagement Process for Chicago Public Schools’ Whole School Safety Plan

In “Our City, Our Safety,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot acknowledges that violence is an equity issue that has persisted because “underlying causes—systemic racism, disinvestment, poverty, failed policing, lack of social services—have gone unaddressed” and commits “to ending violence through a multi-faceted, ...

November 15, 2020

hello November 15, 2020

Cross-Sector Collaboration Key to Chicago’s First Comprehensive Violence Reduction Plan and the Work Ahead

On September 29, Mayor Lori Lightfoot released Our City, Our Safety, the City’s first comprehensive violence reduction plan, to guide public safety efforts through 2023. This plan is a critical tool in the City’s efforts to reduce community violence, and ...