File #: 18-5020    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Filed
File created: 7/19/2018 In control: Human Relations Committee
On agenda: 7/25/2018 Final action: 11/30/2018
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A HEARING OF THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE IN REGARDS TO MISSING PERSONS AND APPROPRIATING RESOURCES TO FINDING THEM WHEREAS, across Chicago and Cook County in recent months several women have gone missing, causing fear in the community, and WHEREAS, some of the women are eventually found, but some have been killed, and WHEREAS, this is a problem affecting both Chicago and suburban Cook County, and WHEREAS, in recent years, human sex trafficking has become a serious issue in Cook County and across the country, which has likely led to many of these missing persons cases, and WHEREAS, the Sheriff's Office works with all local law enforcement to help locate these missing people, especially women and children, and WHEREAS, many people in Cook County are concerned that this problem isn't being solved and that the proper resources are not being dedicated to it, and WHEREAS, the County ought to work with the Sheriff to make sure that office...
Sponsors: RICHARD R. BOYKIN, LUIS ARROYO JR, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET GAINER, EDWARD M. MOODY, STANLEY MOORE, SEAN M. MORRISON, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A HEARING OF THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE IN REGARDS TO MISSING PERSONS AND APPROPRIATING RESOURCES TO FINDING THEM

 

WHEREAS, across Chicago and Cook County in recent months several women have gone missing, causing fear in the community, and

 

WHEREAS, some of the women are eventually found, but some have been killed, and

 

WHEREAS, this is a problem affecting both Chicago and suburban Cook County, and

 

WHEREAS, in recent years, human sex trafficking has become a serious issue in Cook County and across the country, which has likely led to many of these missing persons cases, and

 

WHEREAS, the Sheriff’s Office works with all local law enforcement to help locate these missing people, especially women and children, and

 

WHEREAS, many people in Cook County are concerned that this problem isn’t being solved and that the proper resources are not being dedicated to it, and

 

WHEREAS, the County ought to work with the Sheriff to make sure that office has adequate resources to assist law enforcement agencies in preventing these individuals from going missing and in locating them if they do, and

 

WHEREAS, the County Board’s Human Relations Committee is the proper body to bring stakeholders together for a hearing in order discuss the scope of this problem and what resources can be provided.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the President and Board of Commissioners that the Human Relations Committee shall hold a hearing to further explore issues around missing persons and human sex trafficking.

 

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