Arlington law enforcement officials are launching a program to help people with addictions get help without jail time. "Operation Safe Station" allows the Office of the Magistrate to waive charges on people with an addiction who turn themselves and their drugs in, and ask for help. "Forgoing a prosecution and connecting individuals to treatment professionals
The one time-colleagues vying to be Commonwealth’s Attorney for Falls Church and Arlington present a contrast in resumes and in approaches to the national reform movement known as restorative justice. Incumbent Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, who won an upset victory in 2019 on a reform agenda, was confr .
The Arlington-Falls Church Commonwealth Attorney’s Office and Circuit Court Clerk hosted their first ever Expungement Clinic designed to help eligible individuals clear their arrest records if found innocent or their charges were dropped or dismissed. Parisa Tafti (pictured above) partnered with .
Commonwealth's Attorney Theo Stamos has officially kicked off her bid for re-election, looking to rebuild bridges among her fellow Democrats after repeatedly endorsing independent John Vihstadt and drawing a primary challenger from her left flank. Stamos emphasized that she's "been a Democrat since I was holding up signs for Hubert Humphrey on the south side
Energized by the successful recall of San Francisco Dist. Atty. Chesa Boudin, those seeking to boot his progressive colleague George Gascón from office in Los Angeles County are close to gathering the signatures necessary to put his job on the ballot.