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  1. To focus on the people and places most impacted by violence, the Mayor’s Office has prioritized interventions and programs in the 15 community areas with the greatest average of serious victimizations (homicides and non-fatal shootings) between 2018 and 2020.

  2. Feb 1, 2024 · (WTTW News) A new unified approach to combat Chicago violence aims to reduce shootings by 50% within the next five years and to roughly quadruple outreach in the most crime-stricken neighborhoods.

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  3. The Violence Reduction Strategy (VRS), an initiative of the Chicago Police Department (CPD), is designed to lessen the impact of violent crime on our community. An important component of the VRS is the Custom Notifications program, which is a partnership between CPD and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

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    Violent crime in Chicago is at a nearly 30-year low, yet the city’s rate of violence is still staggering. In 2011, 433 people in Chicago were murdered—double to triple the murders per capita in peer cities like Los Angeles or New York City. Violence is particularly devastating for Chicago’s youth: in 2010, 1,109 school-aged youth were shot, and 216...

    Chicago’s anti-violence effort is set apart by our truly multidisciplinary approach to ending youth violence. Last year, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle joined together to lead an unprecedented cross-agency, cross-sector effort to address violence in the Chicago region. The partnership includes 50 leaders from governme...

    Prevention 1. Gang intervention:The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is currently running gang interventions modeled on the Boston “Operation Ceasefire” Model in four districts. In this intervention, law enforcement, service providers, and community figures deliver a unified message to gang members to stop the violence or face a targeted and unified...

  4. Our mission is to end the cycle of gun violence in Chicago. We do this through conflict mediation, victim advocacy, case management, Nonviolence training, and community organizing. Our street outreach approach is hyper-local, restorative, and trauma-informed.

  5. Jul 17, 2023 · Rebuilding the detectives bureau and establishing a real witness and victims protection program will improve the city’s ability to solve crimes and protect witnesses.

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  7. Aug 23, 2022 · CHICAGO — Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today announced The Community Justice Action Fund’s inaugural City Violence Prevention Index (VPI) and scorecard ranked Chicago among the top cities in the nation for achieving the broadest range of violence prevention programs, services, and policies.

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