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 7, 2024

hello March 7, 2024

Doubling the reach of Chicago’s mental health crisis response program

Civic Consulting Alliance’s pro bono partners Kearney and Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila provided specialized expertise in legal analysis, labor modeling, and implementation planning that’s helping the City double the geographic reach of its promising mental health crisis response program.

March 14, 2023

hello March 14, 2023

Ensuring safer communities through effective collaborations

Gun violence continues to be a public health crisis throughout America, and a top priority for many Chicagoans who are pressing local governments to do more to increase public safety. As we’ve reported in the past, the City, County, and ...

July 30, 2022

hello July 30, 2022

Standing up the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability

In July 2021, Chicago’s City Council passed the Empowering Communities for Public Safety (ECPS) ordinance. This landmark ordinance creates two bodies: a new city agency called the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA), with power to advance systemic ...

Safety & Justice