Augmenting and Expanding The DA's Office
Rubio recognized the need for improving and augmenting services to victims of crime, thus creating the Hot Checks Unit, the Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit and the Domestic Violence Unit of the District Attorney's Office. The Hot Checks Unit was established in 1989 when Rubio recognized the negative impact bad checks had upon local business: "Hot checks impair our local economy when merchants must increase consumer costs in order to offset their losses." Since its establishment, the Hot Checks Unit has sought to obtain restitution for the victims of bad checks and to educate merchants to protect themselves against white collar crime.
The Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit consists of a team of prosecutors and an investigator who specialize in highly sensitive cases involving the physical, sexual and emotional abuse of the most innocent and defenseless of victims.
In 1997, the District Attorney established the 49th Judicial District's Domestic Violence Unit. Together, prosecutors, investigators and professional counselors have created a multi-county strategy to hold abusers accountable for their actions, and to offer victims the help they need.
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