Administrative Division

Community Affairs Unit

The Community Affairs Unit of the State’s Attorney’s Office in Prince George’s County was created to reach out and involve the entire community in the campaign against crime.

Through work with civic and neighborhood organizations, a speaker's bureau, public appearances by the State's Attorney and other staff, community meetings and outreach activities, the unit works to educate the public about crime and the criminal justice system. Various members of the unit focus on the major issues of:

• auto theft through reduction and consumer awareness
• gang related issues through reduction and understanding
• homicide and gun violence
• juvenile crime and youth initiatives
• intervention through re-entry programs
• domestic violence through awareness, witness protection and support initiatives
• seniors and law enforcement crime prevention partnership to assist the growing elderly population with crime prevention issues

For more information, or to speak with a member of the Community Affairs Unit call the main number at (301) 952-3500

Disinterment Requests

In Maryland, the State's Attorney of the County in which a body is interred must give authorization for a disinterment. Disinterment requests are made for various reasons, some of which include: the family has moved to another state or location; new family lots have been purchased; the family wants to move to a location where headstones are allowed or the family wants to lower to double depth so that two persons may be buried in the same site.

The State's Attorney's Office uses a pre-printed form for disinterment requests. This form may be downloaded and printed by selecting, "Online Forms," or, you may call 301-952-3500 to have one mailed to you.

When filling out the form, be sure to include all information regarding both the current and proposed places of internment, including lot, site, section, crypt, etc., numbers, name and address of the cemetery. If the lot owner of the site where the deceased is currently interred is different than the person signing the form, please include a short explanation of the lot owner's relationship to the deceased, and whether that person concurs with the request for disinterment.