Joan Ziglar: Commonwealth's Attorney for the City of Martinsville

Protecting the Citizens of Martinsville since 1998
 

Message to the Community


Thank you for allowing me to serve you as your Commonwealth’s Attorney. It is a privilege and an honor I pray you will continue to allow me to have in the future. I also thank and give credit to the following agencies and groups for partnering with the Martinsville Police Department, the Martinsville Victim Witness Program, and with me to bring the crime rate down to the lowest it has been in thirty years.

The Martinsville Community Watch Committees
The Martinsville Sheriff’s Office
The Martinsville Fire Department
The Martinsville Housing Office
The Martinsville Commissioner of the Revenue
The Martinsville Treasurer’s Office
The Martinsville Registrar’s Office
The Employees of the City of Martinsville
The Martinsville City Council
The Martinsville School System
The Emergency Communications Center (911 Center)
The Magistrates of the 21st Judicial District
The Martinsville Circuit Court Clerk’s Office
The Martinsville General District Court Clerk’s Office
The Martinsville Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Clerk’s Office
The Office of the Attorney General of Virginia
The Virginia Department of Taxation
Department of Child Support Enforcement
Department of Social Services
Piedmont Community Services
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Citizens Against Family Violence
The Senior Citizen Center
Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County
Southern Virginia Child Advocacy Center
The Probation and Parole Offices of the 21st Judicial District (juvenile and adult)
The Henry County Sheriff’s Office
The Virginia State Police
The Virginia Department of Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC)
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF)
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
The Department of Homeland Security
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
The United States Postal Service
MHCafter 3
Boys and Girls Club
The YMCA of Martinsville and Henry County
The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force
HEY/Chill
The Delvin Hairston Memorial Scholarship
Good News Jail & Prison Ministries
Patrick Henry Community College
The New College Institute (NCI)
National College
The Local Churches

I appreciate the wonderful relationship I have with these agencies and groups. It is because of the effort of many, including the citizens of Martinsville as a whole, that we are seeing the fruits of our labor—a drastic decrease in crime, especially violent crime.

Once again, I thank you for the privilege of serving as your Commonwealth’s Attorney.