Tara Jackson’s third stint in State’s Attorney’s Office makes her Prince George’s top prosecutor now

Tara Jackson is temporarily taking over as Prince George's County executive She introduced herself to the inhabitants on Dec WTOP Nick Iannelli Tara Jackson is temporarily taking over as Prince George's County executive She introduced herself to the community on Dec WTOP Nick Iannelli The acting county executive in Prince George s County Maryland is leaving her job and in an unplanned swap of sorts will take over for the woman who is replacing her atop county leadership On Monday Tara Jackson was appointed as the new State s Attorney in the county replacing Aisha Braveboy who is the new county executive This will be Jackson s third stint in the state s attorney s office She s a former assistant state s attorney who then returned to help lead the office of then State s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks serving as the principal deputy state s attorney That experience plus the experience of leading the entire county since last December gives her confidence she ll be able to hit the ground running This society and the people in this public deserve to feel safe in their homes and with their property and I believe that persons should be held accountable for the crimes that they commit Jackson commented She repeatedly professed her love for the prosecutor s office and commented she was motivated to serve the county in her familiar role They do good work and I want to help them do the work even better stated Jackson I think I can do that When appealed about the large number of cases that never got tried Jackson commented she would review those decisions in the first - days on the job And don t be surprised if you see her in the courtroom calling a witness to the stand Yeah I miss trying a circumstance every now and then she revealed Jackson s term as State s Attorney ends in December of Prince George s County Councilmember Wanika Fisher has already declared her intentions to run next year but stated the reason she didn t want to be considered now is because of the large number of special elections that have already been held Jackson refused to say whether she was going to run next year but she certainly didn t dismiss it Let me get into the job first stated Jackson But I won t rule it out Source