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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
COOK COUNTY VIOLENCE PREVENTION, INTERVENTION AND REDUCTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2, Article VI, Division 4, Sec. 2-526 through 2-527 is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 2-526. Cook County Violence Prevention, Intervention and Reduction Advisory Committee.
(a) There shall be created a Cook County Violence Prevention, Intervention and Reduction Advisory Committee ("Advisory Committee") made up of the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners or his or her designee and six other members appointed by the President. The Advisory Committee shall be in place for the Cook County 2013 Fiscal Year. Members of the Advisory Committee shall include:
(1) The President or his or her designee; and
(2) Three members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners; and
(3) One member with extensive law enforcement experience; and
(4) Two members with extensive social service and community outreach experience.
(b) The members of this Advisory Committee shall serve without pay.
(c) The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to establish an advocacy and resource group regarding various violence prevention programs or ideas that can be administered or outsourced by the Cook County Justice Advisory Council for the Cook County 2013 Fiscal Year. The Advisory Committee shall cease its duties at the end of the Cook County 2013 Fiscal Year, thereafter, the violence prevention, intervention and reduction strategies and programs undertaken by the Advisory Committee shall be the responsibility of the Justice Advisory Council Department and its Director.
(d) The members of the Advisory Committee shall meet quarterly or as designated by the President or his or her designee during Cook County Fiscal Year 2013.
(e) In addition to studying various violence prevention programs, the Advisory Committee shall review existing gun court models and best practices; the Advisory Commi...
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