Protecting Children From Predators; Our Guest, Heather Brown DDA

DDA Heather Brown

On Wednesday January 19, 2011 at 8pm PST we are happy to welcome DDA Heather Brown of the Orange Count District Attorney’s office as our guest on Swoop’s World Radio. Unfortunately we all have heard news accounts and read stories of children that have become victims of sexual predators. DDA Brown has spent a great deal of her career doggedly prosecuting sexual predators and is a sought out expert regarding such crimes. Tune in for this very important show and learn what steps everyone can take to protect our children from predators.

DDA Brown has been a prosecutor in Orange County, California for the past 12 years. After having received her Undergraduate Degree in Psychology from Loyola Marymount University, she attended Pepperdine University Law School and obtained her Doctorate Degree in Law. During Law School, she worked for the Los Angeles County Probation Department in their Narcotics Testing Unit and she clerked for Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for 3 years.
Prosecutor Brown has worked in the sexual assault unit for the past 6 and ½ years and has convicted 100”s of child molesters, rapists, and sexual deviants. She has handled many high profile cases involving priests, schoolteachers, coaches, bus drivers, babysitters and parents.

She is currently assigned a caseload that specializes in handling cases involving multiple victims and the rape and sodomy of very young children. She has made presentations to local law enforcement agencies, CAST, UC Irvine, Community Service Programs and has lectured on Sex and the Law on numerous occasions at Cal State Fullerton.

DDA Brown has made presentations to the FBI on topics of “How to Make Sex Cases Better” and presented a case study on the serial killer Randy Kraft at the FBI Highway Serial Killer Symposium in 2009. She recently presented a Case Study at the 2010 Crimes Against Children Conference in Dallas about a serial molester who kidnapped and raped a 7-year-old girl as well as multiple disabled children. Her career has been dedicated to the prevention and eradication of sexual crimes against children.