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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
THE CHICAGO-COOK COUNTY VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN TASK FORCE
WHEREAS, the County of Cook is a home rule unit of government pursuant to 1970 Illinois Constitution, Article VII, Section 6 (a); and,
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago is a home rule unit of government pursuant to the 1970 Illinois Constitution, Article VII, Section 6 (a); and
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago's Violence Reduction Dashboard reports there has been a 61.5 percent increase in fatal domestic shootings and a 22.6 percent increase in domestic homicides as of September 11, 2025, in the City of Chicago. Comparatively, overall homicides have reduced by 29.4 percent; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago Inspector General reports that so far this year there have been 56,930 calls to 911 for domestic disturbances, 17,185 for domestic batteries, and 13,018 calls relating to violations of orders of protections; and
WHEREAS, the Cook County State's Attorney's Office reports 451 charges for felony domestic violence cases and 9,559 domestic violence misdemeanor charges filed in the year of 2025 as of September 22nd; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence reported a 110 percent increase in domestic-related deaths in 2023 in Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the Network Against Domestic Violence reports that during the year of 2024 in the City of Chicago there were no beds or cribs available in domestic violence shelters for 130 days and there were 30,010 calls to the domestic violence hotline from Cook County residents; and
WHEREAS, the Centers for Disease Control's National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) indicates that 41 percent of women and 25 percent of men experience sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime; and
WHEREAS, the National Violent Death Reporting System reports that death by a spouse or intimate partner in Illinois in 2022, was more per capita (.49 percent) as the reporting submitted fo...
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