{"id":30153,"date":"2019-10-18T09:11:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T13:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=30153"},"modified":"2019-10-18T09:11:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T13:11:58","slug":"op-ed-preserve-law-and-order-in-chester-county-with-michael-noone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=30153","title":{"rendered":"Op\/Ed: Preserve law and order in Chester County with Michael Noone"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Christopher P. Gerber, Esq., <\/strong>Special To The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Christopher P. Gerber<\/p><\/div>\n

The election of Chester County\u2019s next District Attorney will be upon us in less than a month. Voters will have to decide which candidate is best qualified to lead the county\u2019s chief law enforcement agency that is charged with the vital responsibility of keeping the public safe from dangerous criminals and the proliferation of illegal drugs that permeate today\u2019s society. <\/p>\n

The District Attorney sets the tone for law and order in our county by enforcing the criminal code while safeguarding the constitutional rights of the accused. \u00a0In an age when law enforcement is under a constant barrage of attacks by the public and the media, the District Attorney must carefully balance those interests, acting as both a skilled lawyer and a proficient administrator of an office with an 8 million dollar budget and over 100 employees — that includes prosecuting attorneys, staff and county detectives, the \u201cbest of the best\u201d criminal investigators.<\/p>\n

The candidate who is best qualified for the job is, without question: \u00a0Michael Noone. \u00a0Mike has overseen the administration of the Chester County District Attorney\u2019s Office as First Assistant District Attorney for the past eight years. \u00a0His supervision of more than 7,000 cases annually has allowed Chester County to sustain the lowest crime rate among the Philadelphia suburbs. \u00a0Mike has also helped implement important reforms that promote fairness and justice through the expansion of diversionary programs for non-violent, non-repeat drug offenders, implementing best practices for eye-witness investigations, and endorsing the use of police body-worn cameras.<\/p>\n

Armed with invaluable practical knowledge and experience, Mike is the only candidate qualified to ensure the seamless continuation of operations without unnecessary interruption of critical services that protect us all from crime and its consequences.<\/p>\n

Having represented police officers named in civil rights lawsuits and targeted in internal affairs investigations, I have had the occasion to interact with Mike in his capacity as First Assistant DA.\u00a0 As such, I can attest to Mike\u2019s integrity and dedication to the fundamental due process rights of anyone accused of wrongdoing, notwithstanding their status in society.<\/p>\n

In an age when certain factions of our culture attempt to blur the lines of right and wrong through misguided notions of \u201ctolerance\u201d of destructive and unlawful behavior, Chester County needs a District Attorney who will enforce the law to the fullest extent within the bounds of the Constitution, without bias or prejudice.\u00a0 That candidate is Mike Noone.<\/p>\n

Christopher Gerber, Esquire, is a practicing attorney in Chester Springs who serves as a police civil rights litigator and counselor to municipal police departments throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Christopher P. Gerber, Esq., Special To The Times The election of Chester County\u2019s next District Attorney will be upon us in less than a month. Voters will have to decide which candidate is best qualified to lead the county\u2019s chief law enforcement agency that is charged with the vital responsibility of keeping the public […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[11876,11142,6269,11875],"class_list":["post-30153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-christopher-garber","tag-election-2019","tag-featured","tag-michael-noone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30154,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30153\/revisions\/30154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}