Mark Powell
Lackawanna County District Attorney
The Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office is the county’s top law enforcement agency. The Office prosecutes all felony and misdemeanor crimes under the Pennsylvania Crimes Code, ranging from first-degree murder to DUIs.
Under the leadership of District Attorney Mark Powell, the DA’s Office has put a strong emphasis on stopping the flow of opioid drugs, including the over-prescription of opioid medications by doctors, and prosecuting crimes against children and seniors. The office includes a Drug Unit, Special Victims Unit, Elder Abuse Task Force, and more.
Meet Mark Powell
District Attorney Mark Powell has made impactful changes to professionalize the DA’s Office and improve the capabilities and effectiveness of prosecutors and law enforcement officers across the county. He has taken a multifaceted approach to combatting the opioid epidemic by stepping up drug enforcement efforts, working to get lower-level offenders into mandatory treatment, investigating and studying the root causes of overdose deaths in Lackawanna County, and working with the Lackawanna Recovery Coalition, which he co-chairs, to provide community awareness, education, treatment, prevention and harm reduction. Powell also spearheaded the formation of the Lackawanna County Safe Schools Coalition to open the lines of communication between law enforcement and school administrators to identify and respond rapidly to school safety threats.
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