The Prosecutor VOLUME 52 / NUMBER 4 • FEBRUARY 2019
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The Prosecutor VOLUME 52 / NUMBER 4 • FEBRUARY 2019 • IN THIS ISSUE • VIEW FROM THE HILL — CAPITAL CONFERENCE RECAP PREVENTING FUTURE VICTIMS BY HELPING TODAY'S VICTIMS LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA HAS CUTTING-EDGE CRIMINAL AND GANG INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM 2019 TRAINING COURSE SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE LOCAL OPINION EDITORIALS BY NDAA MEMBERS National District Attorneys Association 1400 Crystal Drive, Suite 330, Arlington, Virginia 22202 703.549.9222/703.836.3195 Fax www.ndaa.org Dear Members, What an exciting time it is to be a member of the National District Attorneys Association! Your insights, feedback and attendance at our numerous trainings and conferences helps the association truly serve as the voice of America’s prosecutors. With your help, we are implementing a lot of exciting new programming, services and other member benefits that we hope you find useful in your offices and communities. Here are just a few of our updates, with more to come: • If you are reading this letter, you’ve already noticed our new design for The Prosecutor, which includes an updated layout of images and information, as well as new sections featuring the expertise of our association members and staff. • In August 2018, we launched a new website to better reflect the professionalism and expertise of the association. • Soon, we will be launching a new membership database which will modernize the way we communicate with our members, including easier event registration, a newsletter of resources and information to help you keep up with the latest emerging issues in the field to better serve your communities, as well as an online store and comprehensive job board. • In the coming months, more frequent webinars will be announced on a wide variety of topics important to prosecutors. Potential topics include addressing hate crimes, Giglio issues, elder abuse, computer-aided crime against children, tribal lands, and mental health. NDAA is on the move and we look forward to continuing to serve you and address the needs of prosecutors in the field. If you have any questions or comments on what is ahead, or simply want to suggest something new and innovative the association may want to consider, feel free to contact me directly at [email protected] or 703.519.1666. Thank you for your continued support of NDAA. Nelson O. Bunn, Jr. Executive Director To Be the Voice of America’s Prosecutors and to Support Their Efforts to Protect the Rights and Safety of the People The Prosecutor A PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION Executive Director The Prosecutor, ISS No. Nelson O. Bunn, Jr. 04 View from the Hill — 0027-6383, National District [email protected] Capital Conference Recap Attorneys Association. Views expressed in the Chief Operating Officer articles in this publication Christine Mica 06 Preventing Future Victims are those of the authors [email protected] By Helping Today's Victims and do not necessarily Director of Finance BY SHARMESE L. HODGE represent the views of the Agnita Kote National District Attorneys [email protected] Association. The Prosecutor 08 Lehigh County, Pennsylvania is published by NDAA for its Policy, Government & Has Cutting-Edge Criminal And members as part of their Legislative Affairs Gang Intelligence System member benefits. Frank Russo [email protected] BY JULIA E. KOCIS AND JAMES B. MARTIN Articles Membership & Marketing The Prosecutor encourages Erin Carr 10 Meet The Team its readers to submit articles [email protected] of interest to prosecutors FEATURING CANDACE MOSLEY for possible publication in Conferences the magazine. Send Cierra Jenkins 11 2019 Training Course articles to Nelson Bunn, [email protected] Schedule-At-A-Glance [email protected] National Courses Candace Mosley 16 Local Opinion Editorials Questions or Concerns [email protected] For information about By NDAA Members subscriptions, undeliverable Kristi Browning copies and changes [email protected] of address, as well as Cover credited to Richard Morton National Traffic Law Center advertising rates, I am a career prosecutor in the City of DeRidder, Joanne Thomka please email Erin Carr, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. We are the state’s 36th [email protected] [email protected] Judicial District in and for Beauregard Parish, in the Editor of The Prosecutor southwest portion of our state. Our parish government NDAA Nelson O. Bunn, Jr. undertook a major reconstruction and expansion of 1400 Crystal Drive, Suite 330 [email protected] our courthouse that was first built in 1914. The project began in 2014 and after two and a half years it was finally Arlington, VA 22202 Magazine Design completed and we commenced using it in October 2017. Phone 703.549.9222 Hudson Studio It is indeed a beautiful old courthouse restored to its Fax 703.836.3195 [email protected] original glory. Visit NDAA at ndaa.org NDAA Leadership 2018–2019 WILLIAM G. GREGORY BANKS KATHY JENNINGS OFFICERS MONTGOMERY Prosecuting Attorney Attorney General County Attorney Coupeville, WA Wilmington, DE JONATHAN W. BLODGETT Phoenix, AZ President JULIA BATES LORI DIGIOSIA Salem, MA ELIZABETH ORTIZ Prosecuting Attorney Deputy Commonwealth’s APAAC Executive Director Toledo, OH Attorney DUFFIE STONE Phoenix, AZ Stafford, VA President-Elect KEVIN J. BAXTER Bluffton, SC SONIA PAQUET Prosecuting Attorney JOSEPH EARLY Deputy Chief Prosecutor Sandusky, OH District Attorney MICHAEL O. FREEMAN Quebec, QC Worcester, MA Chairman of the Board MARC BENNETT Minneapolis, MN NANCY PARR District Attorney DANIEL ERRAMOUSPE Commonwealth’s Attorney Wichita, KS County Attorney WILLIAM WEST, JR. Chesapeake, VA Green River, WY Treasurer BRADLEY C. BERRY Fayetteville, NC SUMMER STEPHAN District Attorney DAVID ESCAMILLA District Attorney McMinnville, OR County Attorney DAVE ARONBERG San Diego, CA Austin, TX Assistant Treasurer JONATHAN W. BLODGETT West Palm Beach, FL DUFFIE STONE District Attorney WILLIAM J. FITZPATRICK Solicitor Salem, MA District Attorney Bluffton, SC Syracuse, NY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE JOHN BORD GREGORY D. TOTTEN Prosecuting Attorney JOHN FLYNN MARY ASHLEY District Attorney Grafton, WV District Attorney Deputy District Attorney Ventura, CA Buffalo, NY San Bernardino, CA DAVID C. BROWN AMY WEIRICH Chief Deputy County Attorney MICHAEL O. FREEMAN JONATHAN W. BLODGETT District Attorney General Minneapolis, MN County Attorney District Attorney Memphis, TN Minneapolis, MN Salem, MA BIRCH BURDICK WILLIAM WEST, JR. State Attorney DONALD GALLEGOS TIMOTHY J. CRUZ District Attorney Fargo, ND District Attorney District Attorney Fayetteville, NC Taos, NM Brockton, MA WILLIAM CERVONE State Attorney HENRY L. GARZA DAVID ESCAMILLA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gainesville, FL District Attorney County Attorney Belton, TX DARCEL D. CLARK Austin, TX DEBRA B. ARMANINI District Attorney SIM GILL First Assistant Prosecuting WILLIAM J. FITZPATRICK Bronx, NY District Attorney Attorney District Attorney Salt Lake City, UT Dayton, OH Syracuse, NY KEVIN COCKRELL County Attorney GAIL P. HARDY DAVID ARONBERG MICHAEL O. FREEMAN Mt. Sterling, KY State’s Attorney State Attorney County Attorney Hartford, CT West Palm Beach, FL Minneapolis, MN PAUL D. CONNICK, JR. District Attorney RONNIE L. HARPER MARY ASHLEY BARBARA LAWALL Gretna, LA District Attorney Deputy District Attorney County Attorney Natchez, MS San Bernardino, CA Tucson, AZ TIMOTHY J. CRUZ District Attorney MATHIAS H. HECK, JR. JAMES C. BACKSTROM JOSHUA K. MARQUIS Brockton, MA Prosecuting Attorney County Attorney Special Deputy District Attorney Dayton, OH Hastings, MN Astoria, OR RODNEY CUMMINGS District Attorney Anderson, IN 2 | FEBRUARY 2019 SCOTT HIXSON JOSEPH H. MCMAHON NANCY PARR SUMMER STEPHAN Chief Deputy Solicitor State Attorney Commonwealth’s Attorney District Attorney Conway, SC Saint Charles, IL Chesapeake, VA San Diego, CA THOMAS P. HOGAN WILLIAM G. SCOTT G. PATTERSON DUFFIE STONE District Attorney MONTGOMERY State’s Attorney Solicitor West Chester, PA County Attorney Easton, MD Bluffton, SC Phoenix, AZ JAMES A. HUGHES DAVID PHILLIPS TOM TATUM II State Attorney MICHAEL R. MOORE Prosecuting Attorney Prosecuting Attorney Saint Albans, VT State Attorney Marysville, OH Danville, AR Huron, SD RUSSELL JOHNSON LEE K. POLIKOV GREGORY D. TOTTEN District Attorney General RAYMOND MORROGH County Attorney District Attorney Kingston, TN Commonwealth’s Attorney Papillion, NE Ventura, CA Fairfax, VA KEITH M. KANESHIRO BRYAN PORTER CAMELIA M. VALDES Prosecuting Attorney JAMES L. NAGLE Commonwealth’s Attorney County Prosecutor Honolulu, HI Prosecuting Attorney Alexandria, VA Paterson, NJ Walla Walla, WA ANTHONY KEARNS III THOMAS RAYNES HENRY R. VALDEZ County Prosecutor MICHAEL E. O’DELL CDAC Executive Director AODA Director Flemington, NJ District Attorney Denver, CO Albuquerque, NM Fort Payne, AL DONALD KLEINE VIC REYNOLDS CYRUS R. VANCE, JR. County Attorney MICHAEL O’KEEFE District Attorney District Attorney Omaha, NE District Attorney Marietta, GA New York, NY Sandwich, MA JACKIE LACEY MICHAEL ROURKE MARK VARGO District Attorney ERIC L. OLSEN District Attorney State Attorney Los Angeles, CA Commonwealth’s Attorney Greeley, CO Rapid City, SD Stafford, VA KEITH LAMAR JOHN P. SARCONE SHERRI BEVAN WALSH NBPA President GREGGORY M. OLSON County Attorney Prosecuting Attorney Atlanta, GA District Attorney Des Moines, IA Akron, OH Fairbanks, AK BARBARA LAWALL ANNE MARIE SCHUBERT WILLIAM WEST, JR. County Attorney PETE J. ORPUT District Attorney District Attorney Tucson, AZ County Attorney Sacramento, CA Fayetteville, NC Stillwater,