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    Initiation

    Metadata Updated: April 5, 2026

    This dataset is no longer actively maintained as of 12/30/2024. Please visit the site below to explore data dashboards published by the State’s Attorney’s Office beginning 2025. Data Dashboards | Cook County State's Attorney

    The Initiation results data presented here reflects all of the arrests that came through the door of the State's Attorneys Office (SAO). An initiation is how an arrest turns into a “case” in the courts. Most cases are initiated through a process known as felony review, in which SAO attorneys make a decision whether or not to prosecute. Cases may also be indicted by a grand jury or, in narcotics cases, filed directly by law enforcement (labeled "BOND SET (Narcotics)" in this data). Included in this data set are the defendant counts by initiation and year. This data includes felony cases handled by the Criminal, Narcotics, and Special Prosecution Bureaus. It does not include information about cases processed through the Juvenile Justice and Civil Actions Bureaus.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 5, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from cookcountyil json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 5, 2026
    Publisher datacatalog.cookcountyil.gov
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://datacatalog.cookcountyil.gov/api/views/7mck-ehwz
    Data First Published 2022-05-05
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-02
    Category Legal & Judicial
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://datacatalog.cookcountyil.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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    Harvest Source Id d52781fd-51ef-4061-9cd2-535a0afb663b
    Harvest Source Title cookcountyil json
    Homepage URL https://datacatalog.cookcountyil.gov/d/7mck-ehwz
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash de5754791c3ed53af3bc5866b644ff6de83b0c988a68be6e9c4ae1594c261962
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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