Ross Carl "Rocky" Anderson (born September 9, 1951) is an American attorney and politician. He served two terms as the 33rd mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah from 2000-08. He is the Executive Director of High Road for Human Rights and a founding member of the Justice Party. Prior to serving as Mayor, he practiced law for 21 years in Salt Lake City, during which time he was listed in Best Lawyers in America, was rated A-V (highest rating) by Martindale-Hubbell, served as Chair of the Utah State Bar Litigation Section and was Editor-in-Chief of, and a contributor to, Voir Dire legal journal.
Anderson was a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, a bi-partisan group with the stated goal of "making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets". The Coalition was co-chaired by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Anderson restructured Salt Lake City's criminal justice system and, after reviewing the peer-reviewed literature indicating that DARE is ineffective in reducing drug use, discontinued the DARE program in Salt Lake City schools. Instead, he supported the implementation of other programs -- ATLAS and ATHENA -- that have demonstrated some success. He called for an end to the failed "war on drugs" and for better drug prevention education, the implementation of harm reduction policies, and the availability of substance abuse treatment on demand. He successfully lobbied President Clinton to grant a commutation of a lengthy prison sentence imposed on a Salt Lake City man who had already served several years in a federal penitentiary for his first and only conviction for violating drug laws. In 2000, Anderson asked the Salt Lake City Police Department to end its participation in the DARE program. He told DARE officials: "I think your organization has been an absolute fraud on the people of this country... For you to continue taking precious drug-prevention dollars when we have such a serious and, in some instances, growing addiction problem is unconscionable." Instead of pushing for more minor offenders to be sent to jail or prison, Anderson constructed innovative restorative justice programs, which earned him a nomination for a second World Leadership Award. He implemented reforms to ensure that mental health courts would channel mentally ill criminals into mandatory treatment programs rather than putting them behind bars. People arrested on drug charges, or for prostitution or the solicitation of prostitutes (as well as several other types of offenses), were sent through a comprehensive course of counselling rather than automatically being handed criminal convictions and custodial sentences. The results were better, and the costs far lower, than with the traditional retributive approach.

Q: What type of crime did Rocky fight against?
A: Illegal Guns Coalition, a bi-partisan group with the stated goal of "making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets".

Q: Was he trying to get rid of guns?
A: goal of "making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets".

Q: What else did he do in criminal justice?
A: He called for an end to the failed "war on drugs" and for better drug prevention education,

Q: What changes did he make in Salt Lake city?
A: In 2000, Anderson asked the Salt Lake City Police Department to end its participation in the DARE program.

Q: What other causes were important to him?
A: Anderson constructed innovative restorative justice programs,

Q: Did he like the DARE program?
A: He told DARE officials: "I think your organization has been an absolute fraud on the people of this country...

Q: What else did he say about the Dare program?
A: DARE is ineffective in reducing
What other criminal justice work was he involved with?
Instead of pushing for more minor offenders to be sent to jail or prison, Anderson constructed innovative restorative justice programs, Anderson constructed innovative restorative justice programs, He implemented reforms to ensure that mental health courts would channel mentally ill criminals into mandatory treatment programs he supported the implementation of other programs -- ATLAS and ATHENA
he supported the implementation of other programs -- ATLAS and ATHENA