Richard Aborn (born September 2, 1952) is the president of the

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, a partner in the law firm Constantine Cannon, and the managing director of Constantine & Aborn Advisory Services (CAAS) where he works with large urban police departments and criminal justice agencies in the

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and

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Biography

Aborn was born in New York in 1952 and attended the

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before studying at John Marshall Law School. While on leave from his position in 2009 he was a candidate for

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. His list of endorsements included Congressman

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, Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, State Senators Eric Schneiderman and Eric Adams, Assemblypersons Jonathan Bing, Deborah Glick, Richard Gottfried, Brian Kavanagh, Daniel O'Donnell, Linda Rosenthal and Michelle Schimel, and gun control organizations the

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, Gun Free Kids, Million Mom March and New Yorkers Against Gun Violence. He lost the election to Cy Vance. In 1979 Aborn became an assistant district attorney in the

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District Attorney's office under Robert M. Morgenthau. In the District Attorney's office he prosecuted felonies, including homicides, until 1984 when he began the law firm of Aborn and Anesi. From 1992 to 1996 Aborn served as the president of Handgun Control Inc. (now the

) and was a principal strategist behind the passing of the

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as well as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban. Aborn also served as the president of the center to Prevent Handgun Violence. In 1999 Aborn was commissioned by the

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to conduct an investigation of the

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's disciplinary system and its response to civilian complaints of misconduct. On behalf of the Public Advocate, he also investigated

's disciplinary decisions in the fatal shooting of

Amadou Diallo In the early hours of February 4, 1999, an unarmed 23-year-old Guinean student named Amadou Diallo (born September 2, 1975) was fired upon with 41 rounds and shot a total of 19 times by four New York City Police Department plainclothes offic ...

. In 2001 Aborn served as the senior law enforcement advisor to the Democratic mayoral nominee. During that campaign he developed criminal justice policies for

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including the establishment of a "311" program which

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Michael Bloomberg implemented.

References

External links

Richard Aborn for Manhattan District Attorney ( DA ) campaign web site

Richard Aborn Facebook pageRichard Aborn Featured in the New York Times: ''District Attorney Hopefuls Await 89-Year-Old’s Call''

* ttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,109501,00.html Transcript including Richard Aborn as a guest on "HANNITY & COLMES", January 3, 2003
The website of Constantine & Aborn Advisory Services (CAAS)

The website of Citizens Crime Commission of New York City
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