The Lancaster County Office of the District Attorney is dedicated to achieving justice and protecting the safety of our community. We thoroughly investigate, and prosecute aggressively, but fairly, criminal activity in Lancaster County. Our goal is to keep Lancaster County safe by working in acquiesce with the many law-enforcement departments within the county. In court, we seek appropriate punishment for those who perpetrate crimes, keeping the victims and safety of the public at the forefront of our efforts. LANCASTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY
Do not attempt to contact the DA’s Office through social media on any open case. Call 717-299-8100 with questions, requests, or concerns. We encourage comments and welcome all viewpoints. Comments should be relevant, and participants must treat each other with respect.
1. All persons named on this site are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
2. An arrest is not an admission of guilt; only a court of law can make that determination.
3. Communications posted by visitors on this site may not contain ethnic slurs or profanity; material that is harassing, defamatory, fraudulent, deceptive, misleading, discriminatory or sexually explicit, or any material that infringes copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights. Any such communications may be hidden or deleted at any time without notice to you. Visitors repeatedly posting material that falls into the aforementioned categories will be banned from participating on this community page.
4. If the material you post on the site is illegal, obscene, abusive, defamatory, threatening, abuse of intellectual property rights, or otherwise offensive, graphically or in tone, we reserve the right to flag your account and to hide or delete any content posted by you. Anyone repeatedly posting material that falls into the aforementioned categories will be banned from participating on this page.
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6. Opinions expressed by visitors to the site do not reflect an endorsement or opinion on the part of the County of Lancaster, or the Office of the District Attorney and any individual representing those organizations.
7. All postings by visitors to the site may be retained by the County of Lancaster, or the Office of the District Attorney and any individual representing those organizations, in its discretion and as required by applicable law or policy.
8. All postings may be subject to the Pennsylvania Right to Know Act and other public records and disclosure laws, as well as discovery in litigation. This includes, but is not limited to, information made available through a user’s privacy setting on personal social media and other internet pages.
9. Visitors to the site have no expectation of privacy or confidentiality with respect to any content they post to the site, and the County of Lancaster, or the Office of the District Attorney and any individual representing those organizations have no responsibility for maintaining any such privacy or confidentiality.
10. This site is not owned, controlled, or operated by the County of Lancaster, or the Office of the District Attorney and any individual representing those organizations. Visitors to the site must comply with the terms of use and privacy policies of the site operator, and are subject to the site operator’s practices regarding the collection and retention of passive information (e.g. cookies) and other information from and about visitors.
*This policy may be updated or amended at any time*
