Founded in 1996, Fight Crime: Invest In Kids is a national bipartisan, nonprofit anti-crime organization led by more than 2,500 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, victims of violence and leaders of police officer associations. The Illinois office was opened in partnership with ICVP in 1997, and we currently have more than 175 members.

Our mission is to take a hard-nosed, skeptical look at the research about what really works and what doesn't work to keep kids from becoming criminals. We then put that information in the hands of policy-makers and the public. Among the strategies proven to be effective are early care and education programs for preschoolers, good schools, after-school programs and prevention of child abuse, as well as programs that nip delinquency in the bud by getting troubled kids back on track.

East Dundee Police Chief Ignacio “Joe”Pena, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids IllinoisCo-Chair

Members include the presidents of the Major Cities [Police] Chiefs organization, the National District Attorneys Association and the International Union of Police Associations. Among the victims of violence are parents of children killed in the Columbine, Paducah and Jonesboro school shootings and the Oklahoma City bombing, and many others whose tragic encounters with crime are well known, such as Marc Klaas, whose daughter, Polly, was abducted and murdered.  For a current listing of our Illinois membership, click here.

Our Illinois members include Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Cook County State’s Attorney Richard Devine, Chicago Police Superintendent Phil Cline, and the Presidents of the Illinois and Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, Illinois Sheriffs Association, Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, and Illinois State's Attorneys Association.