Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law a series of bills aimed at addressing gun violence and other crime through measures that include a pilot program in some cities that will team social workers with police officers on certain calls.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday signed into law a series of bills aimed at addressing gun violence and other crime through measures that include a pilot program in some cities that will team social workers with police officers on certain calls.
Chicago late last year started a similar pilot program. The bill signed by Pritzker will apply to four cities in the next six months — Peoria, Springfield, East St. Louis and Waukegan — where police and social workers will provide ongoing crisis intervention support for anyone experiencing mental health emergencies. The measure allocates $10 million for the program for the budget year that begins July 1.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker talks before signing the 2023 budget on the campus of Chicago State University on April 19, 2022. Pritzker also signed a bill that allows for the state to pay for funerals of gun violence victims under 17. The bill was inspired by the fatal shooting of 4-year-old Mychal “MJ” Moultry Jr. on Labor Day weekend last year on Chicago’s South Side. He was getting his hair braided in a Woodlawn apartment when a bullet pierced a window and struck him in the head.
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