Stalking & Threat Assessment Team
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has been a leader in responding to violence against women and intimate violence. In the 1970's the L.A.D.A.'s office was one of the first prosecutor's office to vertically prosecute sexual assault offenses. Vertical prosecution means that the prosecutor who first comes in contact with the victim handles every aspect of the case from beginning to end. For the victim, this reduces the trauma of having to repeat her story to multiple people and improves the response to these serious crimes.

In 1994, District Attorney Gil Garcetti formed the Family Violence Division and instituted an office-wide policy to insure the uniform and thorough handling of these serious cases.

In 1997, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office took a pioneering step in the response to intimate violence with the formation of the Stalking & Threat Assessment Team (S.T.A.T.). Through grants from the Office of Criminal Justice Planning, S.T.A.T. became one of the first multidisciplinary teams dedicated to the investigation and prosecution of cases involving stalking and threats.

S.T.A.T. is composed of experienced and specially trained prosecutors, experienced senior investigators, and a dedicated victim advocate. Since its inception, the California Office of Criminal Justice Planning, the United States Department of Justice, and the Vice President of the United States have acknowledged the work of S.T.A.T.

Andrea Thompson | Peace Over Violence | S.T.A.T

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