Aug 27, 2009

Attorney General named to national group with federal, state and local officials

Crime-fighting trends, election fraud among Zoeller's committee assignments

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller last week joined a top-level committee of state attorneys general, county prosecutors and U.S. Attorneys that will focus on setting crime-fighting priorities.

Zoeller visited the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C. last week in his new role as a member of the Executive Working Group on Prosecutorial Relations or EWG.

The committee includes the state attorneys general of Indiana, Colorado, Delaware, New Jersey, Louisiana, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Wisconsin, as well as several U.S. Attorneys from federal court districts and county prosecutors and district attorneys from cities around the nation. Elkhart County Prosecutor Curtis Hill is also on the EWG.

"Serving in the Executive Working Group on Prosecutorial Relations gives Indiana a seat at the table as all levels of law enforcement compare notes and evaluate the crime trends we should focus on in coming years," Zoeller said. "My predecessor, former Attorney General Steve Carter, was a co-chair of the EWG that helped zero in on issues of immigration and human trafficking; and I recognize the importance of this partnership."...Read more

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