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The door of Room 258 in
the Travis courthouse annex, 301 Jackson St.,
Richmond, has my name on it, as well as "District
Attorney’s Office, Fort Bend County."
Although you have 44 assistant district attorneys to
represent you, assisted by a support staff of 42, I
take responsibility for the management and care of
your District Attorney’s Office. My office has a
first assistant district attorney, chiefs or
administrators of every division, and an
administrative coordinator to help me in the
management of cases and delivering services to the
public. If the system seems to have gone wrong, if
someone believes that they have to speak to the
person in charge, people want to know if they have
the chance to go right to the top, or whether they
have a District Attorney who feels he’s too
important to be available to the public that elected
him.
I am a public servant. I must be available for the
public to contact to address issues they feel
require my attention. After hearing a problem, I
very well may refer the person with the concern to
someone who can directly help them. We do have
people and procedures which can address most issues.
Yet sometimes communication can break down and
people can feel alienated from the process.
I’ll try to get the resolution of the problem back
on track, whether it requires a decision on my part
or a referral to someone. To accomplish this, I have
an open door policy. I try to return phone calls
within 48 hours and keep long office hours during
which I can personally meet with people, whether
they are concerned citizens, victims, witnesses,
police officers, chiefs of police, judges and other
elected officials and county employees, defense
attorneys, and even defendants! |
My door is always open
John goes out to
community
John meeting with residents
of the community |
