In my more than 30 years in law enforcement, I’ve worn a lot of hats: police chief, superintendent with the National Guard, patrol section commander, Special Emergency Response Team negotiator.
Bipartisan momentum for clean slate and fair chance licensing policies which remove barriers to economic opportunity for people facing the stigma of a criminal record has grown significantly in the states in recent years.
Former Indiana County District Attorney Patrick Dougherty, 47, touts his passion about the legal system, and his experience.
âWith the challenges of COVID-19 the next judge needs to be able to step in and get right to work,â Dougherty said.
âMy courtroom experience is unmatched, whether it is criminal jury trials, civil litigation or family law,â he went on. âSince 2002, you would be hard pressed to find a lawyer who has spent more time in the courtroom than I have. I have handled all types of criminal matters ranging from murder to speeding tickets.â
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His background includes a diploma from Indiana Area Senior High School in 1992, a bachelor of arts degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1997, and a degree in 2000 from Duquesne University School of Law. He also had summer work in 1998 with the homicide prosecution unit of the United States Attorneyâs Office for the District of Columbia and in 1999 as a legal intern fo
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Limerick Police Officer Steve Crawford carries a box of unwanted medications that were collected and disposed of during Drug Take Back Day. The county took in a total of 7,252 pounds of unwanted medications at participating police departments and five grocery stores on April 24.Â
Photo Courtesy Montgomery County District Attorney s Office
Photo Courtesy Montgomery County District Attorney s Office
Josh Varady, an investigator with the Montgomery County Detective Bureau, fills a box truck of unwanted medications collected during Drug Take Back Day. Since the program began in 2010, more than 92,000 pounds of medicines have been safely collected and disposed of in the county.
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Longtime friends Mazzie Casher (left) and Steven Pickens created the Philly Truce app, aimed at mediating neighborhood disputes before theuy erupt in violence. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Mazzie Casher and Steven Pickens haven’t personally lost anyone to gun violence. But they grew up together in the 1990s, when Philadelphia routinely recorded more than 400 murders a year, and don’t want to see that history repeat itself.
Pickens said they decided to take action in October after learning about another fatal shooting in West Philly that left a young man dead.
He felt overcome with despair.
“It was basically just pouring out at that time like, we have to do something,” said Pickens, 46, an emergency medical technician.