Fort Lupton tweaks victim compensation guidelines

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Fort Lupton City Council heard about some slight changes to its victim compensation guidelines during a Feb. 14 town hall meeting.

Deputy City Clerk Kaela Friedlan told councilors about clarifications concerning who was eligible to receive money following the commission of a crime. She based her suggestions on what other agencies were doing and a review by a local judge.

“We are mainly adding to it. It’s clarification,” she said. “We’re adding things to make things clear.”

Friedlan cited a case of an uninsured driver who vanishes after he/she is involved in a traffic accident.

Every year before Thanksgiving, First United Methodist Church in Fort Lupton and the Fort Lupton Food and Clothing Bank provide community members with food boxes. This will be the program’s 10th consecutive year. Above, Joe left China Garcia and Sue

“If a judge agrees to the reimbursement and they (the driver) goes off, now it’s a restitution order,” she said. “The victim’s money can come from the compensation fund. You don’t have to wait.” with Change 4 Change, another organization that helps with the food drive. See more on Page 2.

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