South East Multi-County Agency Narcotics Task Force (North Dakota)

The South East Multi-County Agency Narcotics Task Force (SEMCA) is a multi-jurisdictional agency that provides policing services to Richland, Ransom and Sargent Counties in North Dakota and Wilkin County in Minnesota. The group does not maintain a web site and public documentation is scarce. Known members include:

  • North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigations
  • Ransom County Sheriff's Office
  • Richland County Sheriff's Office
  • Sargent County Sheriff Office (sic.)
  • Breckenridge Police Department (Minnesota)
  • Lisbon Police Department (North Dakota)
  • Wahpeton Police Department (North Dakota) [1]

The agency seems to handle about 150 cases a year.[2]

SEMCA was implicated in the death of Andrew Sadek and sued by Sadek's parents in 2016.[3]

  1. ^ "Report" (PDF). Office of the Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  2. ^ Nelson, Mary (28 October 2005). "SEMCA asks city for help". Daily News. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  3. ^ Briquelet, Kate (2016-07-05). "Student Drug Informant Found With a Bullet in His Head and Rocks in His Backpack". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2021-12-05.