North Dakota
What is the North Dakota Crime Victims Compensation Program?
WEST FARGO — North Dakota residents may have noticed advertising for the state’s Crime Victims Compensation program.
The program to help pay for innocent victims who are physically or emotionally injured in a crime has been around for decades, but the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which administers the funds, has recently stepped up advertising and outreach to educate the public.
The efforts are paying off, said McKenzie Clayburgh, a grants and contracts coordinator for the DOCR. In the six months she has been on the job, she has seen an uptick in victims applying for the funds.
“We are making a push to do more advertising to make the program feel more accessible, … more known,” she said. “I’d like more people to know about it and be able to get help if they need it.”
The program is used to help cover injury expenses when compensation isn’t available from insurance claims or restitution, according to the program’s website. That could include medical and mental health treatment, medications, funeral expenses, replacement services and loss of wages.
“We’re actually the payer of last resort,” Clayburgh said.
A victim can qualify up to $25,000 in losses, with some limitations. Victims of a terrorist act in a foreign country also can apply for the funds.
Victims have to report the crime to police within 96 hours, or four days of the crime or discovery of the crime. They also must cooperate with “reasonable requests” from law enforcement.
The victim must not have provoked or incited the crime, nor could they have been assisting in or committing a crime when they were injured.
They then have a year from when they reported the crime to apply for the funds through the state program.
Property loss or damage wouldn’t qualify, such as if a person broke into a car, she said.
The program was established nationwide in 1984 based on recommendations made by President Jimmy Carter’s Task Force on Victims of Crime, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Funds come from fines and penalties paid from convictions in federal courts. In North Dakota, roughly 3,000 victims accessed $2 million from the fund over the past five years, Clayburgh said.
The criminal system tends to focus on the offender, Clayburgh said, adding that the victim can sometimes be forgotten.
“I think that the crime victim compensation offers a way for victims to find healing and recovery through our program,” she said.
More information on the program and instructions on how to apply can be found at
docr.nd.gov/crime-victims-compensation
.
BISMARCK – Waterfowl hunters should do their part in preventing the spread of aquatic nuisance species into or within North Dakota this fall, the Game and Fish Department said.
Hunters must remove aquatic plants and plant fragments from decoys, strings and anchors; remove aquatic plant seeds and plant fragments from waders and other equipment before leaving hunting areas; remove all water from decoys, boats, motors, trailers and other watercraft; and remove all aquatic plants from boats and trailers before leaving a marsh or lake. In addition, hunters are encouraged to brush their hunting dogs free of mud and seeds.
Cattails and bulrushes may be transported as camouflage on boats. All other aquatic vegetation must be cleaned from boats before transportation into or within North Dakota.
Drain plugs on boats must remain pulled when a boat is in transit away from a water body.
In addition, hunters are reminded of a state law that requires motorized watercraft, including motorized duck boats, operated on state waters and not licensed in North Dakota, to display an ANS sticker, including an ANS fee of $15 to be paid each calendar year.
For more ANS information,
including regulations, or to purchase the
ANS sticker,
visit the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website at gf.nd.gov.
WYNDMERE, N.D. (Valley News Live) – A power substation in Wyndmere, North Dakota caught fire Sunday evening.
A viewer submitted a video clip to Valley News Live, showing large flames and black smoke billowing into the air near North Dakota highway 18 and highway 13.
A resident within the city of Wyndmere says the whole city was without power, but that has not yet been confirmed by city officials.
Wyndmere Fire is requesting that water usage is limited until power is restored to the area.
Ottertail Power will be working through the night to restore power. Stick with Valley News Live as we learn more.
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VALLEY CITY — A Valley City man was arrested for driving under the influence Saturday, Sept. 14, after losing control of his motorcycle and sustaining serious injuries, the North Dakota Highway Patrol said in a release.
The crash occurred at 8:15 p.m. on the 800 block of Fourteenth Street Southwest when the driver, 27-year-old Torrey Morehouse, lost control of his Harley Davison motocycle. The motorcycle came to rest on top of Morehouse.
Morehouse sustained serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries. He was not wearing a helmet. He was taken to Mercy Hospital in Valley City, then to Essentia Hospital in Fargo.
Morehouse was arrested for DUI. The Valley City Police Department referred the ongoing investigation of the crash to the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
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