District Crown Attorney (Canada)

In the Canadian Republic, the District Crown Attorney is the chief public prosecution figure responsible for representing the government in public prosecutions and overseeing the administration of justice in a particular regional district or municipal district, which are the unitary authorities which outside a province's county area(s); the five territories of Canada have no counties, and thus all local government is either regional or municipal district in nature. Unlike County Crown Attorneys, who report to the Secretary of Justice of their respective county's government, District Crown Attorneys are employed directly by the Office of the Provincial Crown Attorney, the Provincial Crown Attorney himself being responsible for provincial-level prosecutions. As all regional and municipal districts in the provinces are policed by the respective province's provincial police, the District Crown Attorney is the civilian government member responsible for overseeing the provincial police's detachment in their district.