What is the Programs menu?
The CCC donated over 4,000 copies of The Gang Book, a 272-page detailed overview of the street gangs to the Chicago Police Department, Chicago Public Schools and numerous others in criminal justice and law enforcement throughout the State of Illinois for use as a training tool and guide. The book’s widespread national media coverage has spurred the introduction of new gang reduction legislation and the establishment of collaborative gang reduction tasks forces throughout the greater Chicagoland area. The CCC distributes this unique publication through Borders, Barnes & Noble and other bookstores.
Housing one of the oldest and most complete archives on organized crime throughout the past century, the Chicago Crime Commission has opened its vault to researchers and journalist to educate the public about lessons from the past – both successes and failures in law enforcement initiatives and criminal activities.
Our recent publication, Friend and Foe ,compiles glimpses of interesting moments of crime and crime history in a decade-by-decade pictorial, featuring photographs, cartoons, newspaper articles, lithographs, fingerprints, and drawings contained in the Commission’s extensive archive. The CCC distributes this unique publication through Borders, Barnes & Noble and other bookstores.
If you are in an emergency situation, CALL 911!
To Report Public Corruption: click Report Corruption above,
visit www.888eyeongov.org or
call 1-800-Eye-On-Gov
To Report Other Crimes: click Report Crime above or
call 1-312-372-0101 Option 1
Our unique and innovative internet public corruption crime reporting system gives government employees and citizens access to a complete web-based and automated telephone tool to reach law enforcement anonymously. Using the latest innovative technology, the CCC designed the interactive website to allow internet users and callers to streamline their information in a way that law enforcement can quickly use.
Citizens who are uncomfortable, for whatever reason, in contacting local law enforcement can remain anonymous, unless the person calling chooses to give their own personal information. The information received is forwarded to an appropriate agency.
The Chicago Crime Commission was selected by the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Task Force to act as a Community Engagement Partner. Project Safe Neighborhoods is a nationwide program to reduce gun violence, adaptable to local circumstances, that was launched in 2001 by President Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft. The cornerstone of the Northern District of Illinois' local program is that every state defendant with a gun will be reviewed for possible federal prosecution. The aim of the program is to target the harshest penalties for the worst offenders and to publicize the effort in order to, as Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois puts it, "change the way people with guns think. They have to be afraid to carry a gun - not afraid to be without one."
For more information, visit the Project Safe Neighborhoods website for Chicago at: http://www.psnchicago.org/
In addition to the Chicago Crime Commission, the coalition includes: Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan; FBI Chicago Office; Illinois Department of Children & Family Services; Office of the U.S. Attorney - Northern District of Illinois; Chicago Public Schools; Cook County Sheriff's Office; Adults Saving Children; Genesis House; U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Child Exploitation and Obscenity; and the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.
Goals of the coalition include: to spotlight the under-reported problem of child exploitation and prostitution; to advocate the prosecution of those exploiting children; to educate childcare workers, teachers and others on how to help children involved; to prevent children from being exploited or getting involved in prostitution; to encourage non-profit organizations to provide a safe haven and services for this population; to increase collaboration among various stakeholders who care for children and who investigate and prosecute these crimes; and to encourage researchers to conduct additional valid research on this issue.
IIJIS is a statewide effort to improve communications between criminal justice, public health and other systems to better prevent and respond to everyday crime and acts of terrorism or natural disaster. IIJIS partners represent justice agencies spanning the full spectrum of the justice enterprise, including law enforcement, prosecution, defense, the judiciary, corrections, the Chicago Crime Commission, and other relevant non-justice agencies. The Chicago Crime Commission is active on the IIJIS Board and on the Media and Educational Materials, Planning and Policy, Outreach and Finance Committees.
With extensive experience, the CCC presents on various law enforcement and criminal justice topics, continuing its tradition of exposing corruption and organized criminal activities. It conducts inquiries and analyzes information it receives, exploring fully the public safety issues referred.
For more information on this service, contact us through our online form.
