Victim Witness Services

Victim Witness Assistance | Victim Rights | Services

In addition to the rights that victims are entitled to, we routinely provide victims/witnesses with the following services:

• information on medical facilities, social services, availability of compensation, availability of public and private programs which provide counseling, treatment and other support,
• notice of the status of the investigation and the prosecution of the crime,
• notice of the opportunities for allocution to the presiding judge,
• prepaid transportation and lodging arrangements,
• secure waiting areas while at court proceedings,
• return of property held as evidence,
• employer or creditor intercession/notification,
• child care assistance, and
• payment of forensic rape exams and other rights and services pertaining to notification, testing and services for crime victims in sexual assault cases.