There is a long list of duties performed by our community prosecutors, which includes the following:

• Attend the meetings of community organizations to familiarize community members with the community prosecutor program, and distribute a survey of public safety and quality of life problems
• Evaluate data from problem identification surveys and formulate a priority list for addressing the problems.
• Meet with community members, law enforcement and agency representatives at regular sessions of community groups, or at discussion sessions organized by the community prosecutor. The community prosecutor, POP (Problem Oriented Police) officers and other county agency staff will meet with community groups to present survey results and solicit citizen ideas and concerns for ultimate strategies to address the problems identified in the survey.
• The community prosecutor will work with POP officers and community members and community organizations to focus resources to solve the most significant and pressing problems. Resources that may be called upon include:
  • District Attorney's Office
  • Sacramento County Sheriff's Department
  • Sacramento Police Department
  • Superior Court of California, Sacramento County
  • Probation and parole departments
  • County regulatory agencies (i.e., code enforcement)
  • Schools
  • Churches
  • Neighborhood associations
  • Business associations
  • Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
  • Neighborhood Watch organizations
  • Health care providers
  • Service organizations
  • Fire departments
• In working with law enforcement and the community to craft solutions, the community prosecutor will rely upon:
  • Criminal prosecution: felony, misdemeanor and infraction
  • Civil prosecution
  • Probation and parole violations
  • Informal meetings
  • Informal mediation
  • Citizen mobilization
  • Commercial intervention
  • Local and state legislative process
  • Neighborhood accountability boards
  • Student attendance review boards
  • Juvenile prosecution
  • Referral to mediation centers
  • Referral to neighborhood coaching services
  • Community action
  • Landlord training
• Attend regular meetings of public and private organizations, and neighborhood and business associations in the service area
• Monitor the filing and prosecution of significant "impact" cases affecting the service area
• Educate community members on victim and witness services available through the District Attorney's Office and the State of California
• Familiarize community members with the criminal justice process
• Distribute periodic informal surveys among community members of new public safety and quality of life issues
• Advise POP officers concerning legal issues that arise in the course of investigations, arrests, and searches in cases involving community problems
• Consult with POP officers, county agency personnel, and community members, to devise strategies to eliminate community problems
• Refine partnerships with the Sheriff's Department, Police Department, public and private agencies and community members, to focus resources on identified community problems
• Periodically distribute surveys to evaluate the success of the community prosecution program
• Attend weekly meetings with the supervising deputy district attorney