{"id":7014,"date":"2023-12-19T16:12:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T00:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/?page_id=7014"},"modified":"2025-09-11T11:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:51:56","slug":"das-priorities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/about-the-da\/das-priorities","title":{"rendered":"DA&#8217;s Priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>1.\u00a0 Tackle Violent Crime and Protect Neighborhoods<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">No one should feel unsafe in their neighborhood. While the Multnomah County District Attorney\u2019s Office emphasizes aggressive prosecution of violent offenders, we also recognize that what impacts most people\u2019s day-to-day livability and sense of safety is repeat offenders committing lower-level non-violent crimes. MCDA targets problems with strategic data-oriented prosecution and community engagement. Getting prosecutors out from behind their desks and into the community to hear directly from you is key to solving the problems that matter.<\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\">2.\u00a0 Put Victims at the Center<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The surest path to accountability for defendants and restoration for victims is to center crime victims in the criminal justice process. This office engages with victims to meaningfully inform them about and involve them in the critical stages of a criminal case and support them along the way.<\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\">3.\u00a0 Rebuild Trust and Transparency<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Public safety, and faith in the public safety system, comes from all law enforcement partners rowing in the same direction. Our goal is to strengthen our collaboration with police, the courts, and our communities to ensure effective and efficient outcomes for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.\u00a0 Tackle Violent Crime and Protect Neighborhoods No one should feel unsafe in their neighborhood. While the Multnomah County District Attorney\u2019s Office emphasizes aggressive prosecution of violent offenders, we also recognize that what impacts most people\u2019s day-to-day livability and sense of safety is repeat offenders committing lower-level non-violent crimes. MCDA targets problems with strategic data-oriented [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"parent":50,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-left-sidebar-only.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7014","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7014"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9039,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7014\/revisions\/9039"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}