Office of the Cook County State's Attorney

The Cook County State's Attorney's Office (SAO) is responsible for the prosecution of all misdemeanor and felony crimes committed in Cook County. The current State’s Attorney, Kimberly Foxx, took office on Dec. 1, 2016 with a vision for transforming the office into a fairer, more forward-thinking agency focused on rebuilding the public trust, promoting transparency, and being proactive in making all communities safe. This award supports a collaborative partnership between the SAO and the Center for Criminal Justice Research, Policy, and Practice at Loyola University Chicago (the Center) to create a data and evaluation unit within the office and build its internal capacity for data-driven performance management, evidence-based decision making, and ongoing research and evaluation. In addition, the SAO is coordinating its efforts with the Center and with other prosecutor offices in a network supported by a companion grant to Florida International University so that the SAO and others can serve as a model of how to evaluate and use data in an equitable way for other prosecutor offices around the country.

The Cook County State's Attorney's Office (the Office) is responsible for the prosecution of all misdemeanor and felony crimes committed in Cook County while also serving as legal counsel for the government of Cook County. The award provides support to create a publically available data base of performance measures drawn from the Office’s case management and reporting system and to produce an initial baseline report. The goal is to establish the framework for regular reporting for use internally to inform decision making and publically to enable system accountability and transparency.