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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
REQUESTING A HEARING OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE FOR AN UPDATE FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COUNTY STAKEHOLDERS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFEGUARDS FOR THE PROTECTION OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE SURVIVORS
WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has taken a stance to work towards the full protection of domestic violence and gender-based violence survivors; and
WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has voted to ensure that adequate funding is available to improve and streamline operations, increase efficiency, and provide accurate information in the criminal justice system, all with the goal of ensuring the public safety of the residents of Cook County; and
WHEREAS, the processes in the criminal justice system are important to the day-to-day operations of the criminal justice system and are heavily relied on for the safety of victim-witnesses; and
WHEREAS, in recent news, there were reports of major discrepancies within the processes that led to serious, life-threatening injuries to a survivor; and
WHEREAS, it remains our duty to do everything in this Body's power to work with other Cook County stakeholders to ensure the public safety of every resident in the County; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby request that a hearing be convened to update the Board of Commissioners on the implementation of safeguards for the protection of gender-based violence survivors, particularly updates on:
* The procedure of information sharing between departments and/or agencies.
* The challenges faced since the beginning of the implementation of the case management system that may cause confusion or miscommunication between departments and agencies.
* The dependency of the Cook County criminal justice system on physical documents or documents that are handled manually.
* The procedures of how discrepancies in these documents are handled.
* The recommendations that the depar...
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