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For more superior court information, click here: http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/locations/ Then click on “El Monte” or “West Covina” El Monte Public Defenders OfficeEl Monte (Rio Hondo) West Covina Public Defender’s OfficeWest Covina The Public Defender is a law office established and funded by the County of Los Angeles. ( Click here to learn the history of the office.) The functions of the office are defined by the county charter and by California state law. The attorneys and other staff employed by the office render legal services to individuals who are accused of public offenses, and who cannot afford to retain the services of a private attorney. We also represent any person under the age of 18 who is facing juvenile delinquency proceedings, or regarding whom the state has instituted wardship proceedings because of habitual truancy or incorrigibility. We represent individuals who are involuntarily detained in medical facilities in a variety of mental health proceedings because of purported mental disabilities, those as to whom conservatorship proceedings have been instituted because they are alleged to be gravely disabled, and patients whose competency to refuse medical treatment is challenged. Finally, we represent individuals who are subject to contempt proceedings for violation of court orders, such as child support and child visitation or custody orders. ( More detail regarding the functions can be found in the frequently asked questions .) The Public Defender's Office employs approximately 670 attorneys, 75 investigators, 55 paralegals, 17 psychiatric social workers, and a clerical/secretarial staff of approximately 150. The attorneys role is identical to that of a privately retained attorney. Deputy Public Defenders are all members of the State Bar, and are governed by the same regulations and ethical obligations which pertain to a privately retained attorney. The attorneys employed by the Public Defender are full time employees who by law cannot maintain private legal practices in addition to their employment by the county government. Their experience levels range from having been newly admitted to practice to many with over 35 years of specialty in criminal practice. Cases are assigned to deputies in accordance with their experience. Thus, complex and serious cases are assigned only to those deputies with considerable experience, and capital cases (those in which the state might seek the death penalty) are assigned only to senior trial attorneys. For more information on the Public Defender’s office, click here: http://pd.co.la.ca.us/Services.html If you need help with bail bonds in City of Industry, call Premiere Bail Bonds at 800-662-0056. El Monte District Attorney’s Office 11234 East Valley Blvd., Rm. 110 West Covina District Attorney’s Office 1427 West Covina Pkwy, Rm. 105 As the largest local prosecutorial agency in the nation, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has a jurisdiction covering 4,083 square miles. The territory stretches from Antelope Valley to Long Beach, from Pomona to Malibu. On average the District Attorney’s Office prosecutes nearly 60,000 felonies and 200,000 misdemeanors a year. The Juvenile Division, which has nine offices throughout the County, files approximately 30,000 criminal petitions a year against criminal offenders under 18 years of age. Cases from the central Los Angeles City area are prosecuted downtown at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center by the Bureau of Central Operations. Cases outside the central district are prosecuted by the 30 branch and area offices. Head deputy district attorneys run the main branch offices; deputies-in-charge run the branches’ smaller area offices. All office locations work closely with local police to prosecute crimes in their respective regions. Branch and area offices prosecute the majority of cases in the District Attorney’s Office. Certain types of cases require expert attention and are handled by special division or units. Prosecutors in these units focus on certain types of crimes and are specially trained to prosecute them. Special division and units - as well as prosecutors in the Victim Impact Program - vertically prosecute crimes, which means that one deputy district attorney handles the case from beginning to end. For more information click here: http://da.co.la.ca.us/default.htm Domestic Violence Hotline
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Drug abuse damages all sectors of society. Drugs destroy individual lives, break families apart, and are very often the motivating factor behind crimes.
To combat the drug problem, the District Attorney’s Office pursues several strategies. The Office participates in Drug Court, an effective diversion program for drug abusers. When cases are not appropriate for Drug Court, the District Attorney’s Office effectively prosecutes drug cases.
In addition, the District Attorney’s Office has established the Major Narcotics Division , a team of specially trained attorneys responsible for prosecuting significant narcotics trafficking organizations in Los Angeles County. This Division ensures that highly effective prosecutors represent the people of the State of California in cases against drug traffickers most responsible for the drug supply. The Division also is responsible for processing all applications for wiretaps, an effective information tool against drug traffickers and dealers.
The Major Narcotics Division prosecutes the following types of cases:
- Seizures of large quantities of narcotics, such as cocaine and methamphetamine
- Mid-level dealers involved in a conspiracy to distribute narcotics
- Clandestine lab cases, including cases with multiple defendants conspiring to manufacture drugs or individuals supplying chemicals necessary for the manufacture of drugs
- Any narcotics case resulting from a federal or state wiretap
- Specialty narcotics cases involving informants; more than $100,000; reverse stings; narcotics facilitators; or murder
Drug Endangered Children (DEC) Response Team
The clandestine manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine has created a public health and safety crisis in Los Angeles County. One aspect of that crisis jeopardizes the safety of children long before the drugs hit the streets. More than 80 percent of all meth labs seized are found in homes, garages, apartments, motels, or mobile homes where children are often present. These labs, stocked with toxic chemicals and at high risk for explosions, expose children to highly dangerous living conditions.
To address this issue, the District Attorney’s Office and Department of Children and Family Services have teamed with the Los Angeles Interagency Police Apprehension Crime Task Force to create the Drug Endangered Children (DEC) Response Team. The DEC Response Team specializes in seizing labs that manufacture methamphetamine and provides a coordinated response to the crisis of children found in home meth labs. To date, more than 600 children have been rescued from meth labs. All have received specialized medical and social services to diagnose and treat the physical and emotional effects of drug exposure.
In addition, the District Attorney’s Office has vertically prosecuted 420 criminal defendants involved in the manufacture of methamphetamine, meaning one highly trained prosecutor handled each case from beginning to end.
In 2003, the District Attorney’s Drug Endangered Children Response Team was named a Top Ten Award Winner by the Los Angeles County’s Quality and Productivity Commission at its annual awards program. The DEC Response Team has saved Los Angeles County $15 million in costs. More importantly, it has potentially saved the lives of hundreds of children.
Major Narcotics Division
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
320 West Temple Street, Rm. 345
Los Angeles, CA. 90012
Phone: (213) 974-6831
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