NCJ Number
63527
Date Published
1979
Length
92 pages
Annotation
THIS DIRECTORY WAS COMPILED FOR USE BY THOSE UNITS THAT TOOK PART IN THE NATIONAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION (NDAA) ECONOMIC CRIME PROJECT (ECP) AND BY OTHER LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS.
Abstract
THE DIRECTORY LISTS THE PROSECUTOR; OFFICE ORGANIZATION AND DEPUTY OR ASSISTANT ASSIGNMENTS; ECONOMIC CRIME UNIT ADDRESS; UNIT CHIEF, ORGANIZATION, AND BUDGET; GRANTS, YEAR ESTABLISHED, AND UNIT GOALS; CONSUMER COMPLAINT PROCESSING FUNCTIONS; CONSUMER PROTECTION STATUTE WITH CIVIL POWERS; FELONY FILING PROCEDURES; CAPACITY FOR INDEPENDENT HANDLING OF TRIALS; AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE. THE ECP DEVELOPS EXPERTISE IN LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS' OFFICES FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF ECONOMIC CRIME. AS SUCH, IT HAS GROWN FROM 15 ECP UNITS IN 1973 TO 72 ECP UNITS IN 1979 WITH THE SUPPORT OF LEAA. IN ITS FIFTH GRANT YEAR, ECP BEGAN ITS NATIONAL STRATEGY PROGRAM TO DEVELOP COOPERATIVE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES TO COMBAT ECONOMIC CRIME. THIS DIRECTORY ALSO SUPPORTS THAT INITIATIVE BY SERVING AS A REFERENCE SOURCE WHICH IDENTIFIES ECP UNIT STRENGTHS FOR LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. PROFILES ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY THE STATE IN WHICH THE UNIT IS LOCATED AND FURTHER CATEGORIZED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY THE COUNTY AND CITY OF THE UNITS. FIELD OFFICE UNITS OF THE NDAA ARE ALSO LISTED BY STATE.