David E. Sullivan

Prioritizes child safety through an expanded Child Abuse Unit, two full-time Children's Advocacy Centers, a Child Sexual Predator Task Force, and a Child Fatality Review Board; commits to aggressively pursuing cases against child predators and the production and possession of child pornography.

“The health, safety and well-being of our children must be a top priority of every District Attorney.”

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Supports fair and just prosecution and accountability: established a Conviction Integrity Unit, Brady Review Committee, Ethics Committee, and prosecutor performance standards, and embraces a community prosecution model that blends smart and fair prosecutions with crime prevention and diversion.

“Established a Conviction Integrity Unit; Brady Review Committee; Ethics Committee and prosecutor performance standards to ensure that our prosecutions are fair and just.”

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Operates an Elder and Disabled Persons Unit to investigate and prosecute financial exploitation, embezzlement, and scams against seniors and disabled persons, working with the Consumer Protection Unit and sheriff's departments on prevention initiatives including the TRIAD program.

“Our seniors and disabled persons can become easy targets and victims of unscrupulous criminals... Our Elder and Disabled Persons Unit is charged with the investigation and prosecution of these abuse cases.”

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Prioritizes enforcement of Massachusetts' human trafficking law and will continue to prioritize human trafficking investigations and prosecutions, particularly cases involving the trafficking of children, while aggressively pursuing child predators and child pornography producers.

“As District Attorney, I will continue to prioritize human trafficking investigations and prosecutions.”

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Prioritizes prevention, victim services, and prosecution of domestic and sexual violence: created a Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Unit with priority prosecutions for high-risk offenders; serves on the Governor's Council to Address Sexual and Domestic Violence; and supports court-ordered batterer's programs and school-based prevention education.

“Our DA Office has a long track record of fighting domestic and sexual violence. Our prevention, intervention, victim services, and prosecutions are models in the Commonwealth.”

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Supports enhancing tools for students, teachers, administrators and parents to combat bullying and cyberbullying, including partnering with law enforcement and technology experts to protect children against online threats.

“Our DA Office looks to enhance tools available to students, teachers, administrators and parents to combat bullying and cyberbullying, particularly when it occurs outside of the school and through the Internet. We will partner with law enforcement and technology experts on ways to protect children against online threats.”

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