Elected district attorney
in March 2002, Greg Totten assumed office on November 1, 2002.
He was re-elected to his third term in 2010.
A
career prosecutor, Mr. Totten joined the Ventura County District
Attorney's Office in 1982. After serving trial assignments
and supervisory roles throughout the divisions of the office,
he was appointed Chief Assistant District Attorney in 1999.
Throughout his professional career, he has worked to protect
public safety and to expand the rights of crime victims.
He
also served as executive director of the California District
Attorneys Association from 1993 to 1996, managing the association's
training efforts and acting as its chief spokesperson for
legislative changes designed to better protect the citizens
of California. Mr. Totten was also the founding executive
director of the Institute for the Advancement of Criminal
Justice.
Among
numerous professional activities and awards, he has been named
MADD's California Statewide Law Enforcement Honoree, Ventura
County Kiwanis' Law Enforcement Officer of the Year, Pepperdine
School of Law's Distinguished Alumnus, the Law Enforcement
Commendation Medal from the National Society of the Sons of
the American Revolution, and the Silver Beaver Award for services
to children from the Boy Scouts of America. He has lectured
at state and national prosecutor symposia on topics such as
principle-centered leadership, elder abuse issues, gang strategies,
contemporary trial issues, homicide prosecution techniques,
asset forfeitures, and victim impact evidence in death penalty
cases.
Mr.
Totten serves on the boards of various community organizations.
Additionally, he is a member of the Pepperdine University
School of Law Board of Visitors. He serves on the Board of
the California District Attorneys Association and co-chairs
the association's Legislative Committee. Locally, he is a
member of the Ventura County Law Enforcement Coordinating
Council and chairs the Ventura County Justice Policy Council
and Safe Harbor MDIC Policy Board.
In
2006, he was appointed by the California State Senate to serve
as a commissioner on the California Commission on the Fair
Administration of Justice. The commission concluded its work
in June 2008.
Mr.
Totten resides in Camarillo with his wife and their daughter.
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