{"id":2820,"date":"2015-07-20T13:55:09","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T17:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crossroads\/?p=2820"},"modified":"2016-12-22T11:40:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T16:40:47","slug":"vera-hailey-magistrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crossroads\/2015\/07\/20\/vera-hailey-magistrate\/","title":{"rendered":"Vera Hailey: Magistrate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2015\/06\/Vera-Hailey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-2824\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2015\/06\/Vera-Hailey-658x986.jpg\" alt=\"Vera Hailey\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crossroads\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2015\/06\/Vera-Hailey-658x986.jpg 658w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crossroads\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2015\/06\/Vera-Hailey-300x449.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At any time of the day (or night) <strong>Vera Hailey \u201990<\/strong> may be called upon to issue an arrest warrant, a subpoena, an emergency protective order, or a search warrant. She may need to commit someone to jail or process an involuntary mental commitment.<\/p>\n<p>Hailey is a magistrate in western Virginia. \u201cWe are a neutral party,\u201d she says, that reviews the initial complaints brought by law enforcement officers, citizens or other system stakeholders. Her role is to assess the information provided and decide which, if any, processes to issue.<\/p>\n<p>Hailey\u2019s primary offices are located in Verona, just north of Staunton. She can issue decisions in person or review a dispute remotely using video conferences. She says video conferencing allows the magistrates to serve the public more quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach decision I make has a huge impact, both immediate and long term, on someone\u2019s life,\u201d she says. That influence is part of what makes her work both interesting and meaningful for her.<\/p>\n<p>She started working as a magistrate, a position known as \u201cJustice of the Peace\u201d until 1974, almost 19 years ago. At the time, she just needed a job and the idea that she could make a difference in people\u2019s lives appealed to her. \u201cI deal with a lot of criminals, but also a lot of victims,\u201d she says. No matter what the situation, she says the most important response she can bring to a complaint is neutrality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery shift is different,\u201d she says. \u201cIt seems like after almost 19 years the work would be boring, but that isn\u2019t the case at all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At any time of the day (or night) Vera Hailey \u201990 may be called upon to issue an arrest warrant, a subpoena, an emergency protective order, or a search warrant. She may need to commit someone to jail or process an involuntary mental commitment. Hailey is a magistrate in western Virginia. \u201cWe are a neutral [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":3011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,586],"tags":[608],"class_list":["post-2820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine","category-springsummer-2015","tag-vera-hailey","issues-springsummer-2015"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crossroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crossroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crossroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crossroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crossroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crossroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2827,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crossroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820\/revisions\/2827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crossroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crossroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crossroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crossroads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}