As District Attorney, Dave Sullivan has worked with a talented team of staff, attorneys, and community stakeholders to accomplish the following:

Safety at Home

  • Created a Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Unit and implemented priority prosecutions for high risk domestic violence offenders;

  • DA Sullivan has served for the past 11 years as a Board Member of the Governor's Council to Address Sexual and Domestic Violence. DA Sullivan was an Honorary Co-Chairman of the 2015 Massachusetts White Ribbon Campaign to end violence against women;

    Fighting Serious Crime

  • Co-founded and co-chairs the Northwestern Anti-Crime Task Force to address drug trafficking and major felonies in the Northwestern District;

  • Created an Economic Crimes Unit to help investigate and prosecute serious financial exploitation, embezzlement, and fraud cases;

  • Established the Northwestern Law Enforcement Assistance Program (LEAP) to provide local law enforcement with access to essential criminal justice training programs, assistance, and investigative tools;

    Community Engagement

  • Created an Outreach & Education Unit to provide community and educational trainings to strengthen our communities and prevent crime;

  • Created a Citizen's Advisory Board to advise and assist the Office in the areas of community outreach and education, crime prevention, community prosecution, civic engagement, social justice and civil rights issues;

    Confronting the Opioid Crisis
    and Addiction

  • Established the Northwestern District Attorney’s Drug Diversion and Treatment Program. This voluntary program helps to reduce drug abuse and improve public safety by offering evaluation, treatment and intensive case management.

  • Co-founded and co-chairs the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and North Quabbin Region and HampshireHOPE, both task forces taking a multi-disciplinary approach to addressing the opioid epidemic impacting persons with addiction, their families, and communities;   

  • Coordinated with community partners on National Prescription Drug Take Back Days in the Northwestern District resulting in the removal of more than 30 tons (60,000 pounds) of unwanted prescription and nonprescription drugs from our communities and spearheaded the establishment of permanent drug take back boxes in 25 area police stations;

    No Veteran Left Behind

  • Co-founded the Veteran’s Justice Partnership with community and criminal justice partners to provide coordinated services and treatment, and rehabilitation, and alternatives to incarceration for local veterans and military service members who enter the criminal justice system;

  • Co-Founded the Western Massachusetts Veteran’s Treatment Court to serve court-involved veterans in the 3 western Massachusetts counties;

    Child Protection and Justice

  • Created a Child Sexual Predator Task Force to enhance training for law enforcement and prosecutors to aid in the investigation and prosecution of child sexual predators;

  • Created the Northwestern District Attorney Child Fatality Review Board to review and evaluate all infant and youth deaths in order to facilitate statewide prevention solutions to these tragic deaths.

  • DA Sullivan serves as an advisor and Honorary Board member to both the Child Advocacy Center of Hampshire County and the Children’s Advocacy Center of Franklin County and North Quabbin, a CAC he co-founded in 2015.

  • DA Sullivan has served for the past 11 years  as a Board Member of the Massachusetts Children's Trust Board of Directors. The Children’s Trust mission is to end child abuse through community programs and resources.

    Prosecutor Excellence and Accountability

  • Established a Conviction Integrity Unit; Brady Review Committee;  Ethics Committee and prosecutor performance standards to ensure that our prosecutions are fair and just.

Juvenile Justice

  • Co-founded the Northwestern Fire Intervention Response, Education and Safety Partnership (NoFIRES) in collaboration with community and public safety partners to identify and help youth who are juvenile firesetters;

  • Established a Safe School Response Team to prevent and promptly address acts of harassment, bullying, and violence that impact students, families and communities.