State’s Attorney Opens Fourth Community Justice Center
Fourth center opens at University of Illinois Chicago Campus
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Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez provided an update on the efforts of her office to expand community-based prosecutions programming at the opening of a new Community Justice Center near the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Joined by Chicago Police Department and UIC officials, Alvarez officially announced the opening of the Central Community Justice Center, located at 715 W. Maxwell Street in Chicago. This office will serve the UIC Campus and the 11th and 12th Chicago Police Districts.
“Cook County residents now have four satellite locations where they can access assistance from our office,” Alvarez said. “We are pleased to give residents tangible places in the community where they can interact with our attorneys and staff to problem solve and work together to prevent crime in our neighorhoods before it occurs.”
Assistant State’s Attorneys and Community Outreach Coordinators assigned to the Community Justice Center will work closely on the prosecution and prevention of local crime with police districts, community groups, schools, businesses and area residents. Crime victims can utilize the resources of the center to access ongoing court information and to obtain the additional services of the State’s Attorney’s Victim Witness Unit. The State’s Attorney’s Office will also coordinate informational seminars and host crime prevention meetings at the location.
Additionally, a specially trained prosecutor from the office’s Mortgage Fraud Investigations and Prosecutions Unit will work at the center to assist local residents affected by mortgage fraud, coducting pro-active mortgage fraud investigations and coordinating takedowns of corrupt appraisers and brokers.
This is the fourth Community Justice Center opened since Alvarez took office in December 2008. The other locations serve residents on the north, south and west sides of the city, as well as the suburb of Oak Park.
For more information on the services available at the office’s Community Justice Centers, please contact the appropriate location:
North Side Community Justice Center: 5333 N. Western Avenue, (773) 334-4066
South Side Community Justice Center: 9059 S. Cottage Grove, (773) 783-5100
West Side Community Justice Center: 4 Chicago Ave., Oak Park, (708) 386-7301
Central Community Justice Center: 715 W. Maxwell St., (312) 325-9700
Photo Caption
Local officials joined State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the grand opening of the office’s fourth Community Justice Center which is located at 715 W. Maxwell St., Chicago.
Pictured with Alvarez are (left to right):
Jesse Smart (Alderman Walter Burnett’s Office), Cook County Commissioner Robert Steele, 2nd Ward Alderman Robert Fioretti, Vice Chancellor D. Warren Chapman (UIC), State’s Attorney Alvarez, Vince Sanchez (Alderman Danny Solis’ Office), First Deputy Superintendent Al Wysinger (Chicago Police Dept.), Commander John Richardson (UIC Police Dept.), Senator Annazette Collins, Commander Eric Washington (Chicago Police Dept., 11th Dist.), Cook County Commissioner Jesus Garcia, Director Carol Sweeney, (Community Relations, UIC).