The office of the Commonwealth`s Attorney fields dozens of calls each week from our citizens who have a wide array of legal questions. It is difficult to tell them, but our office is not there to provide legal advice. We can`t. Our only function is to prosecute the criminal charges that are brought by law enforcement.
I would love to be able to pull from my entire legal knowledge and try to help our citizens with all of their concerns, but ethically our office is prohibited from doing that. However, our office will never turn away or ignore a phone call or request by a citizen for information that we can give. We serve at the pleasure of the citizenry and take our role in the law enforcement landscape very seriously. We may not be able to help with a specific question or provide legal advice that a private practice attorney could, but we stand ready to help you through the process or answer any general questions we can.