1. Only reduction in shootings was in 4th district
4th District Has Only Reduction in Shootings
Only Full Cure Violence (CeaseFire) Program After Cut to CeaseFire (March 2015)
11th district had the strongest CeaseFire program
before cut
Longest running site
10 workers before cut (0 after)
10 mediations per month (0 after)
Change in # of Shootings (17 months Pre Cut – 17 months Post Cut)
Police District
Active CV Districts
Only reduction in shootings was in 4th district
(4th is the only fully active Cure Violence program)
(4 outreach workers and 2 violence interrupters)
(Average of of 17 high risk mediations per month)
No CV Program
Former CV Districts – cut 80%
Former CV Districts – cut completely
Strongest CV Program – cut completely
Data: Official Chicago Police Department data