CHICAGO — There’s a new effort to decrease gun violence in Chicago with a crime gun intelligence center opening up Tuesday in the city.
The center, which is a partnership between the ATF, Chicago police and the Cook County Sheriff’s Department, has a goal of creating a more collaborative approach to decreasing gun violence.
The program is being implemented in 54 cities across the country and Chicago’s Crime Gun Intelligence Center (C-GIC) will be one of the largest.
Investigators, analysts and prosecutors from 13 federal, state and local agencies will be working together in one centralized location. Together, the agencies will focus on analyzing gun crime evidence in real time to identify shooters and work to disrupt criminal activity.
“By combining this talent, this technology and data, law enforcement in Chicago can swiftly identify more leads, leads to identify the most prolific trigger pullers and to take them off the streets,” Deputy attorney general Lisa Monaco said.
Authorities said the program has been successful in other large cities — leading to more homicide arrests and a decrease in firearms trafficking.