Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 22-0618

• File #: 22-0618
• Version: 1
• Name: Anti-Violence Resolution
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Filed
• File created: 12/9/2021
• In control: Health & Hospitals Committee
• On agenda: 12/16/2021
• Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION REQUESTING MEETING OF COOK COUNTY SEPARATELY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENTS TO DISCUSS COUNTY-WIDE ANTI-VIOLENCE STRATEGY WHEREAS, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office's public dataset, Cook County reported 985 homicides in 2020. 884 of those homicides involved gunshot wounds as the cause of death; and WHEREAS, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office's public dataset, Cook County reported 1,009 homicides from January 1, 2021, through December 1, 2021. Signifying an increase of approximately 2.37% in reported homicides; and WHEREAS, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office's public data set, Cook County reported 928 gun-related homicides out of the reported 1,009 homicides from January 1, 2021, through December 1, 2021. Signifying an approximately 4.74% increase in reported homicides from 2020 (884) versus January 1, 2021, through December 1, 2021 (928). This data does not include the remaining weeks in the year 2...
• Sponsors: BILL LOWRY, DENNIS DEER, STANLEY MOORE, PETER N. SILVESTRI, KEVIN B. MORRISON, JOHN P. DALEY, LUIS ARROYO JR, ALMA E. ANAYA, SCOTT R. BRITTON, LARRY SUFFREDIN, BRIDGET GAINER, BRANDON JOHNSON
• Related files: 22-1453

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
12/16/2021	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

REQUESTING MEETING OF COOK COUNTY SEPARATELY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENTS TO DISCUSS COUNTY-WIDE ANTI-VIOLENCE STRATEGY

WHEREAS, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office's public dataset, Cook County reported 985 homicides in 2020. 884 of those homicides involved gunshot wounds as the cause of death; and

WHEREAS, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office's public dataset, Cook County reported 1,009 homicides from January 1, 2021, through December 1, 2021. Signifying an increase of approximately 2.37% in reported homicides; and

WHEREAS, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office's public data set, Cook County reported 928 gun-related homicides out of the reported 1,009 homicides from January 1, 2021, through December 1, 2021. Signifying an approximately 4.74% increase in reported homicides from 2020 (884) versus January 1, 2021, through December 1, 2021 (928). This data does not include the remaining weeks in the year 2021 and does not reflect the 855 cause "pending" deaths reported by the Cook County Medical Examiner's office for the year 2021; and

WHEREAS, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office's public data set, the City of Chicago reported 726 gun-related homicides in 2020. Similarly, the Chicago Sun-times reported the City of Chicago had 706 gun-related homicides out 775 reported total homicides. Furthermore, 579 of those reported gun-related homicides involved the death of a person identified as "Black"; and

WHEREAS, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office's public data set, the City of Chicago reported 728 gun-related homicides from January 1, 2021, through December 1, 2021. Similarly, the Chicago Sun-times, the City of Chicago had 754 gun-related homicides out of 791 total reported homicides from December 1, 2020, through December 1, 2021. Signifying an approximately 6.4% increase in reported gun-related homicides. Furthermore, 600 of those reported gu...