Overview
- Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced the Chicago initiative in partnership with the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Amazon and Ring.
- Amazon donated 1,000 Ring cameras for Illinois survivors to increase home monitoring and capture proof of protection-order violations.
- Raquel Medrano of Amazon Public Policy pointed to a recent pilot where a motion alert enabled a survivor to activate a safety plan as an abuser approached with a weapon.
- Advocates, including coalition CEO Carrie Boyd, say the added video evidence could bolster prosecutions and civil cases as Illinois reported 137 domestic-violence deaths in 2024.
- Coverage described the rollout as a developing story and shared the Illinois domestic-violence hotline at 1-877-863-6338 for those seeking help.