Tomorrow morning, Alderman Silvana Tabares (23rd Ward) will hold a special City Council hearing with Cook County leaders to address concerns regarding criminal warrants, orders of protection, and their electronic monitoring programs.
Tomorrow, the Public Safety Committee of the Chicago City Council will convene a meeting with Cook County and City of Chicago leaders, on June 9, 2026, at 10 a.m. Last month, Alderman Silvana Tabares filed a resolution that will invite leaders from the Cook County Courts System to a special hearing to share data and discuss the court system’s response to criminal warrants, orders of protection, and their electronic monitoring programs. Currently, there is not much publicly available data on these focus areas, and the Cook County Court System is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
This hearing will build upon the successful collaboration of the – City of Chicago-Cook County Violence Against Women Task Force (CCVAW)- chaired by Alderman Tabares. This effort has brought together city, county, and state leaders to focus on the skyrocketing rates of violence against women. In 2025, 93% of
homicide and non-fatal shooting victims in domestic cases were minority women. Since the implementation of the CCVAW, domestic murders have been reduced by 53% in the City of Chicago.
As shared in her guest editorial in the Chicago Tribune, over the past year, the City of Chicago has lost four first responders in the line-of-duty due to the actions of defendants with criminal warrants. As CWB Chicago reported, since 2020, there have been 30 attempts to kill a police officer by defendants that are on felony pretrial release.
“We will not allow violence against women, children, and first responders to become endemic in our communities. I will continue to advocate for a collaborative approach to public safety and a transparent court system for all residents.” Silvana Tabares. Tabares will be joined by survivors of violence and Gold Star families, who are supporting this measure.
For more information, please email Katie.Dunne@Chicago77.org or call (312) 714-9450. Thank you.
