Report People - Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office

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Awards
2010
Electronic Suspected
Child Abuse Report
System
The Electronic Suspected Child Abuse Report
System (E-SCARS), a state-of-the-art Web-based
system for immediate sharing of child abuse
and neglect reports among key agencies, won both the
prestigious Silver Eagle Award and a Top Ten Award for its
outstanding contribution to the welfare of children.
Designed to save children’s lives, E-SCARS has
resulted in faster and better quality responses by the
professionals who investigate reports of abuse and neglect
and intervene to protect children from further harm.
To learn more about E-SCARS, please see page 10.
March 18, 2009
Computer Emergency Response Team training launched.
April 1, 2009
Daniel Sanchez, known as the “Long Beach Freeway Rapist,”
sentenced to life in prison for 10 rapes between 2001 and 2003.
April 29, 2009
First Victims’ Rights Symposium conducted.
May 29, 2009
Record producer Phil Spector sentenced to 19 years to life
in prison for 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson.
August 31, 2009
Fashion designer
Anand Jon Alexander
sentenced to 59 years
to life in prison for raping and
sexually assaulting seven female
victims ages 14 to 21.
October 15, 2009
Miguel Angel Magallon sentenced to death in the 2004 murder
of Los Angeles County Police Capt. Michael L. Sparkes.
October 23, 2009
Former private investigator Anthony Pellicano pleaded no
contest to threatening a former Los Angeles Times reporter.
E-Subpoena Project
The Electronic Subpoena (E-Subpoena) Project,
which created a time- and money-saving system for
delivery of subpoenas to law enforcement witnesses
by secure e-mail, received the Productivity Enhancement
Award.
The collaborative project replaced a slow and
inefficient system of mailing, faxing and hand-delivering
subpoenas to law enforcement officers who are needed to
testify at court hearings and trials.
The District Attorney’s Office initiated electronic
subpoenas in 2008 with the Los Angeles Police
Department. The project was so successful – saving LAPD
more than $1 million in overtime and administrative
costs in just the first few months – that it was expanded to
include the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and
the Long Beach and Inglewood police departments.
Plans are underway to include additional municipal
police departments.
Los Angeles County
Co-Occurring
Disorders Court
The Los Angeles County Co-Occurring Disorders
Court, a program to reduce recidivism and costly
incarceration of nonviolent offenders who suffer
from both mental illness and substance-abuse disorders,
received the Best Teamwork Award.
The District Attorney’s Office plays an important
role in this multi-agency program that saves the county
an estimated $690,000 a year. The program provides
qualifying offenders with specialized treatment that is less
expensive than jail and more effective in helping them
function in society.
In addition, the program is expected to bring in an
estimated $400,000 a year in grant money, for a total
benefit of more than $1 million.
For participating offenders, the program led to an 85
percent decrease in days spent in jail, a 79 percent drop
in the number of arrests and a 95 percent decrease in
homelessness.
Decade of Leadership
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