El Paso County
Victim Assistance
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
VINE is a proactive notification system that sends you an automatic alert anytime an offender’s custody status changes. information is available to you 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. You will be notified about the release, transfer, escape, or death of an offender by text message, phone call, email/or TTY.
VINE Service will keep trying to reach you. If there’s no answer or the line is busy, VINE will continue to call every half hour for 48 hours. VINE will leave a message on an answering machine but will continue to call every two hours up to 48 hours, or until your preselected 4 digits, P I N # 1 2 3 4 is entered to stop the notification calls.
For more information about VINE, you can call 1-888-263-8463, or register at www.vinelink.com. You can also reach out to the Victim Assistance Program main line for additional enrollments or modifications to the existing notification.
Crime Victim Compensation (CVC) is a victim service program created by Colorado law to help crime victims recover financially from the physical and emotional injuries caused during a criminal act. The funds for this program are collected from the fines paid by convicted defendants. The CVC program can help victims of certain crimes pay for specific crime-related expenses or losses. You can Apply online at: https://covictimcomp.org/
Please reach out to the Victim Assistance Program Advocates to learn more about Crime Victim Compensation eligibility and program information related to your crime.
Protection or Restraining Orders can help stop harassment, retaliation, intimidation and other specific acts against everyone named in the restraining order as a “Protected Person.” For more information on protection orders and how to file contact:
For more information on obtaining a copy of your case report, please contact the Victim Assistance Program or to the Records Unit with the Law Enforcement Agency of your jurisdiction.
For information about the prosecution of your case, you can contact the District Attorney’s Office Victim Witness Division at (719) 520-6000. District Attorney Victim Advocates can give you information about court dates, court locations, updates on your court case, how to give your input on the case, and referrals to community agencies.
If you are a victim of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and you want to talk to the district attorney’s office about your case, it’s EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that you contact the district attorney’s victim advocacy fast track office at 719-520-6162 or 719-520-6124 by 9:00 a.m. on the next business day following the offender’s arrest.
Safe Passage is the local children’s advocacy center serving the families of the 4th Judicial District. It is a child and family-friendly center in which a team of trained professionals from multiple agencies evaluates children who may have been abused. The team includes, but is not limited to, law enforcement, social workers, medical personnel, forensic interviewers, and victim advocates. For more information please visit: https://www.safepassagecac.org/
Through the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (VTVPA) of 2000, Congress created the U Visa (U non-immigrant classification) to provide legal status to victims of specified crimes who have suffered mental or physical abuse and are helpful in the investigation or prosecution of the criminal act. The U Visa provides eligible crime victims with nonimmigrant status the ability to temporarily remain in the United States while assisting law enforcement.
Who is eligible for a U Visa? The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) may find an applicant eligible for a U Visa if the applicant:
- Is the direct or indirect victim of qualifying criminal activity.
- Has suffered substantial physical or mental abuse as a result of having been a victim of criminal activity.
- Has been helpful, is helpful, or is likely to be helpful to a Federal, State, or local prosecutor, to a Federal or State judge, to USCIS, or to other Federal, State, or local authorities investigating or prosecuting criminal activity; and
- The criminal activity violated the laws of the United States or occurred in the U.S. or the territories and possessions of the United States.
Additional information can be found through the following link: Victims of Criminal Activity: U Nonimmigrant Status | USCIS
El Paso County Sheriff’s Office understands the importance of U Visas to crime victims and is dedicated to reviewing and responding to certification requests. If you are an individual with nonimmigrant status and a victim of a qualifying criminal activity that tis investigated by El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, you or your representative can email the I-918 Supplement B form to shrvap@elpasoco.com or mail the form to the Victim Assistance Program at 27 E Vermijo Ave Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903.
Para asistencia e información en relación con U Visas, por favor comuníquese con la Supervisora del Programa de Asistencia a Víctimas Pamela Mancini al 719-520-7272.
As a victim of a violent crime, you have certain Constitutional and statutory rights. These rights are listed in this brochure. If you feel your rights are not honored, you can make a complaint.
Please attempt to address your concerns locally by contacting El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Victim Services.
If you feel you are unable to address your concerns at the local level or your efforts to resolve your concern have been unsuccessful, you may request assistance from the Crime Victim Services Advisory Board by contacting the Victim Rights Act Specialist at:
Colorado Department of Criminal Justice
700 Kipling Street, Suite 1000
Denver, CO 80215
Your responses to this survey are used to measure the effectiveness of the services provided by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Victim Assistance Program. The Victim Assistance Program is primarily grant-funded and the information provided will be used for grant reports. Your input and opinions are important to us! Please take a few moments to complete this survey and help us improve our services to crime victims in El Paso County. Thank you for your feedback!
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