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

February 1, 2019

hello February 1, 2019

Moving Towards Consent Decree Compliance at CPD and COPA

In January 2019, a federal judge approved a consent decree on policing in Chicago, a legally-binding agreement between the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois committing to reforms in Chicago’s public safety agencies. The consent decree mandates significant changes to ...

January 15, 2019

hello January 15, 2019

Chicago Police Department Looks to the Future

In 2016, the City of Chicago’s Police Accountability Task Force reported on the need for fundamental reform of the Chicago Police Department (CPD). Shortly thereafter, in January of 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice found that the Department had engaged ...

July 6, 2016

hello July 6, 2016

A Better Way: How Cook County is reducing its jail population through innovation and reform

Challenge Nearly three-fourths of the men and women in Cook County Jail are held accused, but not convicted, of non-violent crimes. Many could be safely released before trial, but they remain in detention because they cannot afford to post bond. The ...