Vision & Goals

Our Vision

Our overarching vision for District Council will evolve over time, but it is currently:


To work as a community to advocate for a modernized vision of public safety to create safer neighborhoods. We see the District Council as a tool for advancing innovative, research-based strategies to increase safety in our neighborhoods and serving as community ambassadors to CPD leaders and officers.


We will bring power to the community, ensuring to include and elevate marginalized voices, and empower residents to drive changes in our public safety system. This is done through building strong relationships, enrolling experts, and connecting our community members with one another and the resources within the community.

Our Goals

Modernize Our Approach to Public Safety

  • Respond to public safety concerns by connecting affected residents with public safety resources, including CPD, community outreach groups, and information

  • Advocate to expand emergency services to include mental health crisis teams, substance abuse treatment programs, homelessness response providers, and other community-based solutions that expand our definition of public safety

  • Uplift community initiatives to create fully funded, well resourced neighborhoods aimed at reducing crime before it happens

Promote Responsible, Transparent, and Effective Policing

  • Seek progress reports on court-ordered consent decree reforms like annual in-service training, data collection, and community engagement

  • Provide straightforward information about public safety incidents and response

  • Advocate for police and city leaders to provide for officer wellness, maintain officer days off, and offer more training, all to allow officers to perform to the best of their ability

  • Delegate non-violent tasks and responsibilities to civilian workers or social experts to optimize police effectiveness when and where they are actually needed

  • Define as a community the role of policing within our broader public safety system

Elevate Our Community Voice

  • Communicate the community’s public safety concerns to city officials and police leaders

  • Amplify the voices of the LGBTQ+ community, people of color, and other marginalized communities in public safety decisions

  • Host discussions around the latest, data-backed methods to reduce crime and expand people’s understanding of the role police play in keeping our community safe

Create and Support a Strong Community Commission for Public Safety & Accountability

  • Evaluate, vet, and nominate Commission candidates that will act in accordance with our vision and values

  • As the largest district in the city, ensure the needs of our district are appropriately heard and represented by the 7-member Commission

  • Work alongside the Commission, Alderpeople, and other elected officials to strengthen our calls to enact policy aimed at improving community safety and policing within our district

Community Partnership Plan (CPP)

Our Goal

Together as a community, help to decrease robberies and other violent crimes that are occurring in the district.

How It Works

  1. Share Community Engagement Plan with 019 Command Staff 

  2. DCs Engage Community in Conversations/Ideas for Short-Term Solutions

  3. DC Members Bring Ideas to CPD and Collaborate on Plan with Clear Goals

  4. Present Goals to Community with CPD

  5. Share Progress at Monthly Meetings

Current Goals and Priorities

To view or print the Community Partnership Plan in full spreadsheet format, click here.