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Diana McPartlan selected as director of DA’s Victim/Witness Assistance Center 

McPartlan has served as assistant director and victim advocate for more than nine years

Diana McPartlan.

Diana McPartlan.

— District Attorney Dan Dow has announced the selection of Diana McPartlan as the Director of the District Attorney’s Victim/Witness Assistance Center. McPartlan has served in a supervisorial role as an assistant director since August 2011 and has concurrently served as a victim advocate for more than nine years.

When asked about her selection, McPartlan said, “I consider it an honor and privilege to serve our community’s victims in this capacity and lead our incredible team of professional victim/witness staff. Everything we do is about serving victims of crime and helping them as they go through a very difficult experience in their life.”

McPartlan’s experience in assisting victims of crime began in 1981 when she was an intern with the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office. She later volunteered with the Rape Crisis Center where she assisted victims of sexual assault. She was employed as a group counselor for emotionally disturbed adolescents at a treatment center in Citrus Heights, California. She volunteered as an intern with Yuba County Probation Department and later worked for the Placer County District Attorney’s Office as a victim/witness advocate. While her two children were attending Paso Robles High School, she worked as a campus assistant where she supervised the in-house school suspension program and worked with at-risk students. She began serving the community as a victim witness advocate in July of 2006.

“In addition to her substantial experience as an advocate, Diana is a team-player who brings with her an enthusiastic spirit, a passionate commitment to serving victims, and a tireless work ethic. I am confident that Diana will excel in this new role,” said Dow.

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