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<strong>Town</strong> News<br />
8<br />
2012 CeaseFire Week in <strong>Cicero</strong> Reminds Us that <strong>Cicero</strong> is<br />
Winning the War on Gangs<br />
At the kick<strong>of</strong>f ceremony and press conference, President Dominick accentuated how his anti-gang strategies have<br />
made <strong>Cicero</strong> a safer place. In the year before Dominick took <strong>of</strong>fice, there were 14 gang-related homicides in <strong>Cicero</strong>.<br />
Thanks to innovative new policing strategies and the advent <strong>of</strong> the Gang Crimes Tactical Unit, last year <strong>Cicero</strong><br />
saw zero gang-related homicides. This was one factor in House Hunt, Inc., one <strong>of</strong> the largest online real estate<br />
operations, to naming <strong>Cicero</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the Top 20 Safest Cities in American in 2011.<br />
Since <strong>Cicero</strong> is leading the way in fighting gangs and gang violence, Dominick extended an <strong>of</strong>fer to Chicago Mayor<br />
Rahm Emanuel to help with the city <strong>of</strong> Chicago’s surging gang problems.<br />
“What happens in Chicago impacts the <strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Cicero</strong> and all <strong>of</strong> the neighboring suburbs,” said Dominick. “So, if<br />
Chicago is more successful in combatting gangs then suburban communities will be safer, too. That’s why I want<br />
to <strong>of</strong>fer to a hand <strong>of</strong> assistance to Mayor Emanuel, so that he can learn about what we’ve been doing here in <strong>Cicero</strong><br />
that has been so successful in taking the fight to the street gangs — and winning.”<br />
This year’s CeaseFire Week in <strong>Cicero</strong>, just like all the others, ended with the annual Peace March through the streets<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Cicero</strong>.<br />
“Our presence in the streets reminds these gangs that the streets belong to us, not to them,” noted Dominick. “<strong>The</strong>y<br />
are reminded every time they see our increase police patrols, our Save Our Streets Task Force, our social service<br />
programs like Corazon and CeaseFire, and especially our great citizens out in our streets, that these streets are going<br />
to be a place <strong>of</strong> peace and community and not hubs <strong>of</strong> drugs and violence.”<br />
Dominick thanked everyone who was involved in planning this year’s CeaseFire Week in <strong>Cicero</strong>, especially the<br />
<strong>Town</strong>’s Police and Fire Departments, the Gang Crimes Tactical Unit, the S.O.S. Task Force, Corazon Community<br />
Services, and CeaseFire <strong>Cicero</strong>.<br />
Trustee Victor Garcia, <strong>Town</strong> President Larry<br />
Dominick and <strong>Town</strong> Clerk Maria Punzo-Arias with<br />
soccer players during CeaseFire Week.<br />
<strong>Town</strong> Collector Fran Reitz addresses the CeaseFire<br />
Peace marchers as Trustee Lorraine Walsh looks<br />
on.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Cicero</strong> <strong>Town</strong> News July 12
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