Annual report

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NUAL PORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
District Attorneys Council Members , , 3
History and Purpose ofthe Council 3
District Attorneys District Map 4
FY2009 Operating Budget :: 4
Oklahoma's District Attorneys 5
District Attorneys Council Staff 6
2009 Annual Award Recipients .........................................................•......................................... 7
District Attorney System Highlights 8
District Attorneys Council Highlights 9
Discover Our Resources 10
OUR MISSION
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The mission of the District Attorneys Coundt is to strengthen the criminal jus-tice
system in Oklahoma by providing a professional organiZ:Jltionfor the edu-cauon,
trainilllL and coordination of technical efforts of aU state prosecutors.
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DISTRICT ATTORNEYS COUNCIL MEMBERS
)istrict Attorney Dennis Smith
District 2
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District Atto~ney 'Tim Harris
District 14
Attorney General
W.A. "Drew" Edmondson
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// HISTORY AND PURPOSE OF ]:~ECOlJNCIL
The District Attorneys Training and Coordination Council (DATCC) was created by the
Oklahoma Legislature in 1976 to strengthen the criminal justice system in Oklahoma, to
prove a professional organization for the education, training, and coordination of techni-cal
efforts of all state prosecutors, and to maintain and improve prosecutor efficiency and
effectiveness in enforcing the laws of this state. At that time, the primary role of the
Council was training. In 1982, when all general operations of the district attorney system
became state funded, the role of the Council expanded and the Council became responsi-ble
for additional financial, personnel, and other administrative duties.
Over the years, additional duties have been added to the Council. In 1988, the name of the
agency was changed to the District Attorneys Council to reflect these duties. These in-clude
enhanced fiscal and budget responsibilities, participation in state governmental
boards, studies and events, and computer and networking responsibilities. The Council is
the administrative agency for the Crime Victims Compensation Board and the state ad-ministrator
for many federal grants. Council members, or their designees, also serve as
members of numerous boards, commissions, and committees in state government. The
Council is further empowered and directed to advise the Legislature on issues affecting
the prosecutorial system.
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY DISTRICTS
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FY2009 OPERATING BUDGET (Excludes Child Support Contracts)
Federal Grants
3%
Supervision Fees
4%
State Aopropriations
60%
Bogus Check $12,066,853
Drug Asset Forfeiture
Drug Asset Forfeiture $3,762,691
5% Prosecution Assessments $1,894,122
Prosecution Assessments State Appropriations $40,911,531
3% Supervision Fees $3,067,415
Federal Grants $2,253,379
Other $4,832,775
Total $68,788,766
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OKLAHOMA'S DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
MIKE BORING DENNIS SMITH JOHN WAMPLER CATHY STOCKER FRED C. SMITH BRET BURNS
District #1 Di:)'trict #2 District #3 District #-1 District #5 District #6
Beaver, Cimarron, Harper & Beckham, Custer, Roger jackson, Kiowa, Tillman, Blaine, Garfield, Canadian, Comanche & Cotton Stephens, Grady, Caddo
Texas Counties Mills, Washita, & Ellis Harmon & Greer Counties Grant & Kingfisher Counties Counties & [etlerson Counties
DAVID PRATER MARK GIBSON ROBERT HUDSON LARRY STUART RICK ESSER GENE HAYNES
District #7 District #8 District #9 District #10 District # I J District # 12
Oklahoma County Kay & Nc)ule Counties Payne & logan Counties Osage & Pawnee Counties Washington & Nowata Mayes, Rogers & Craig
Counties Counties
EDDIE WYANT
District # J 3
Ottawa & Delaware
Counties
TIM HARRIS
District # 14
Tulsa County
LARRY MOORE
District # J 5
Muskogee County
JEFF SMITH
District #16
LeFlore & Latimer
Counties
LAURA WALLIS
District #17
Pushmataha, McCurtain
& Choctaw Counties
JIM BOB MILLER
District #18
Haskell & Pittsburg
Counties
EMILY REDMAN CRAIG LADD GREG MASHBURN CHRIS ROSS RICHARD SMOTHERMON MAX COOK
District # I 9 District #20 District #21 District #12 District #23 District #14
Atoka, Coal & Bryan Carter, Johnston, Marshall, Cleveland, McClain & Garvin Pontotoc, Hughes lincoln & Pottawatomie Creek & Okfuskee
Counties Love, Murray Counties Counties & Seminole Counties Counties Counties
TOM GIULIOLI
District #25
Okmulgee &. Mcintosh
Counties
HOLLIS THORP
District #26
Woodward. \-Vood:"
Dewey, Alfalfa, & Major
Counties
JERRY MOORE
Di:J,trict#27
vYagoner, Adau-, Scquoyah &
Cherokee Counties
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OUR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY
District Attorneys Council
Organization Chart
Suzanne McClain Atwood
Executive Coordinator
Executive Coordinator
Suzanne YIcClain Atwood
Revised 6/12109
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OUR OUTSTANDINC TEAM
2009 DISTRICT ATTORNEY SYSTEM OUTSTANDING AWARDS
E~ch year the Oklahoma District Attorney System recognizes individuals for their outstanding commitment and ser-vice
to the State of Oklahoma. The award recipients are recognized at an annual award ceremony at the DAC Annual
Summer Conference. The categories include Outstanding District Attorney, Outstanding Assistant District Attorney,
Outstanding Investigator, Outstanding Bogus Check Employee, Outstanding Victim Witness Services Employee and
Outstanding Secretary. Oklahoma Legislators are also recognized for their contributions to their outstanding contri-butions
to the criminal justice system.
OUTSTANDING
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
OUTSTANDING
ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
OUTSTANDING
INVESTIGATOR
Chris Ross
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Michael Fields Eddie Griffin
OUTSTAND ING
BOGUS CHECK
EMPLOYEE
OUTSTANDING
VICTIM WITNESS
SERVICES EMPLOYEE
OUTSTANDING
SECRETARY
Dianna Wallace Twyla Braly
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Earnestine Redmon
AWARDS OF APPRECIATION
Senator Patrick Anderson Senator Susan Paddack Representative Rex Duncan Representative Jason Nelson
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY HICHLICHTS
Former First Assistant District Attorney Fred Smith appointed District
\ Attorney of District 5 (Comanche and Cotton counties). Fred replaces Dis-trict
attorney Robert Schulte who retired June 1, 2009.
District Attorney Cathy Stocker - District 4 (Blaine, Garfield, Canadian,
Grant and Kingfisher counties), elected to serve as the 2009-2010 Chair
of the District Attorneys Council and the President of the Oklahoma Dis-trict
Attorneys Association.
District Attorney Robert Schulte retired after 22 years of distinguished
service as the District Attorney for District 5 - Comanche and Cotton
Counties.
Assistant District Attorney Gary Brown was awarded the Above and
Beyond Award for Domestic Violence Prosecution. The award is given
by the Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual As-sault
for individuals who go above and beyond to address violence
against women. Gary currently serves as an Assistant District Attorney
at the Marshall county D.A.'soffice.
The District 3 (Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman, Greer and Harmon
counties) Drug Task Force was recognized by the U.S.Attor-neys
office for its efforts and collaboration with the EB.1.and
the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics. Through the efforts of all
three of these agencies, organized gangs in S.E. Oklahoma
have been halted from the trafficking of narcotics and
money laundering activities.
District Attorney John Wampler, District 3 ( Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman,
Greer and Harmon counties) was honored by the Texas and SW Cattle
raisers Association as Prosecutor of the Year. He was recognized by
TSCRAfor his service to the agricultural community to effectively deal
with and control criminal activity.
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LEADING BY EXAMPLE
In March of 2009, the Oklahoma District Attorneys Council (DAC)
launched the "Let's Get Moving" Fitness Challenge and Competition
... A Strategy to Get Ourselves Moving and Keep Moving in 20091 This
challenge was the first ever statewide fitness initiative to be imple-mented
by a state agency.
The DAC challenged Oklahoma's twenty-seven (27) district attorney
districts to form district teams to compete against other participating districts and the DAC. In all,
16 DA districts joined the challenge with a total of 336 individual participants. At the close of the
challenge, a total of 1,229,533 minutes of cardiovascular activity were logged, with 65% of the par-ticipants
meeting the goal of averaging 150 minutes per week!
Through the sweat and the tears, aches and pains, these fitness warriors gave it
their all. Many of the participants reaped amazing results, ranging from phe-nomenal
weight loss, reduced cholesterol levels, improved blood pressure, in-creased
strength, new found confidence, reduced stress, a sense of accomplish-ment,
and newly formed bonds with co-workers/teammates.
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AGENCY HIGHLIGHTS
Suzanne Breedlove, Director of Victim Services, received a Governor's Commenda-tion
for all of her dedication and hard work.
DeLynn Fudge, Director of Federal Grants, was recognized by the
Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
(OCADVSA) for her extraordinary efforts on behalf of victims and survivors of
domestic and sexual violence in Oklahoma.
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Giving back to the community, staff members have actively volunteered at the
Regional Food Bank in Oklahoma City.
DISCOVER OUR RESOURCES
Clflimevictims
OO"")leltsation program
Facing the days following a violent act isn't
easy for victims and survivors. There are lin-gering
emotional, physical and financial ef-fects
that can be overwhelming. The District
Attorneys Council Victim Services Division
and the Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensa-tion
Program strive to help crime victims by
providing information, resources and finan-cial
assistance to them and the organizations
that serve them.
The Crime Victims' Compensation Program is
administered by DAC and is dedicated to en-suring
that financial assistance is available to
eligible violent crime victims for crime-related
expenses that cannot be reimbursed
by insurance or other sources.
Benefits may be awarded for medical and
dental care, prescription medicine, counsel-ing,
physical therapy, rehabilitation, work
loss, loss of income in homicide cases, care-giver
work loss, homicide crime scene clean-up,
funeral and burial expenses, and impound
fees.
For more information please contact the Vic-tims
Services Division at (405) 264-5000.
The position of a Coordinated Community
Response (CCR) Specialist is funded
through a grant from the United States De-partment
of Justice, Office on Violence
Against Women (OVW). The purpose of a
coordinated community response is to de-velop
resources within communities to as-sist
victims and hold batterer's accountable
for their actions. Within a coordinated
community response is a Domestic Violence
Task Force (DVTF). The task force is com-prised
of the professionals and community
members that come together to improve
the community's response to domestic vio-lence.
The goals of a DVTF generally include
facilitating community education, identify-ing
multidisciplinary training, coordinating
public awareness and legislative education,
identifying gaps in services, and building
resources for victims to create a coordi-nated
community response. For more infor-mation
please contact Sandra Thompson at
(405) 264-5000.
Domestic violence Resource Prosecutor
The position of Domestic Violence Resource Prosecutor (DVRP) is funded through a grant
from the United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
(OVW). The purpose of the DVRP is to increase the capacity of prosecutors across the
State of Oklahoma to more effectively prosecute domestic violence cases. Domestic vio-lence
prosecutors often have the difficult task of balancing offender accountability with
victim safety. By using effective prosecution strategies in domestic violence cases, prose-cutors
can achieve both. For more information please contact Melissa Blanton at (405)
264-5000.
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Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor·
The position of Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor (TSRP) is funded through a grant from
the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office. The position of TSRP is designed to improve the abil-ity
of state's prosecutors to effectively prosecute traffic safety violations, particularly focus-ing
on vehicular homicide, Driving Under the Influence (alcohol and controlled dangerous
substances), and vehicle crashes involving personal injuries. For more information please
contact Daniel Medlock at (405) 264-5000.
Federal Crants
This federal grants division of the Oklahoma District Attorneys Council serves as a liaison
between the federal government and the sub-grantees in implementing the grant funds.
Currently this division oversees eight (8) federal grant programs serving as the contact
point for the state with the federal granting agencies.
Federal funds are available from the Federal Grants Division on drugs and violent crime, do-mestic
violence and sexual assault, residential substance abuse treatment, forensic science
improvement, and efforts to reduce gun and gang violence.
Current grants include: Justice Assistance Grant (JAG), National Criminal History Improve-ment
Program (NCHIP), Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Act
(Coverdell), Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), Recovery Act: Justice Assistance Grant (JAG),
Recovery Act: Justice Assistance Grant (JAG-LLE), Recovery Act: S.T.O.P. Violence Against
Women Act Grant (VAWA), Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Grant (RSAT), Sexual
Assault Services Program Grant (SASP), S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women Act Grant (VAWA).
For more information please contact the Federal Grants Division at (405) 265-5008.
For more information regarding any of our programs, please
visit us on the web at http.Z/www.ok.gov / dac/
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Oklahoma District Attorneys Council
421 N.W. 13th street, Suite 290
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
(405) 264-5000
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