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Jane A. Blissert
Head Deputy, Training Division
Jane A. Blissert is the head deputy of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Training Division. She supervises a staff of deputy district attorneys and support personnel that coordinates training for all prosecutors in the office. The training programs include the New Hires College, Saturday Seminars, Second Year College, Victim Impact Program Training and Case Filing College. She oversees LADA’s Forensic Science Academy, which trains all deputy district attorneys on DNA evidence. It also provides training on other forms of forensic evidence, including digital and electronic evidence and fingerprints. The Training Division houses an extensive library of materials. Blissert and her staff continually update and organize those materials.
Additionally, Blissert personally provides law enforcement training on a variety of topics, including sex crimes, child abuse and the statute of limitations.
Before taking the helm of the Training Division in 2009, Blissert served as head deputy of the Sex Crimes Division. Blissert has participated in a number of committees, including the Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect and the Los Angeles County Sexual Assault Coordinating Council, that strive to coordinate efforts to enhance the investigation and prosecution of crimes while also proceeding in the best interests of the victim. Included on these committees are representatives from law enforcement, prosecutors, medical professionals, therapists, advocates, social workers and educators. She also takes part in the Countywide Criminal Justice Coordination Committee’s DNA Task Force.
Blissert graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles with a bachelor’s degree in English in 1976 and from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles in 1982.
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