Victim Witness Assistance | Victim Rights | Services
Victim/Witness 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.