Deschutes County Deputy DA Stacy Neil honored as Oregon’s Sex Crimes Prosecutor of the Year
Barney Lerten
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County Supervisory Deputy District Attorney Stacy Neil received the Oregon Sex Crimes Prosecutor of the Year Award from the Oregon District Attorneys Association at a ceremony Thursday at the Riverhouse Convention Center in Bend.
The award was created to recognize an Oregon prosecutor for outstanding accomplishments in seeking justice for the victims of sexual abuse.
Neil has been a prosecutor in Deschutes County for 19 years, focusing on child abuse cases including sexual abuse, assault and murder. She also worked as a child abuse forensic interviewer for four years.
Throughout her career, she has been a leader in the field, developing protocols to improve child abuse investigations in Oregon. She helped rewrite the Oregon Interviewing Guidelines for child sexual abuse cases and serves on the KIDS Center Board of Directors.
District Attorney Steve Gunnels praised Neil, saying: “Stacy is a smart, dedicated and tenacious prosecutor who is extremely effective in her role. She takes sexual abuse cases to heart and always fights hard to get justice for victims. She is an outstanding prosecutor and an asset to our community.”