Total Funds Won: This is the total amount that NCDOJ has won for each county. It includes opioid settlement funds, consumer protection settlement and penalty funds, Medicaid investigation funds, Environmental Enhancement Grants, and taxpayer funds.
Sexual Assault Kits Tested: Evidence collection kits from sexual assaults that are in law enforcement custody across the state. This information is pulled from www.ncdoj.gov/testthekits and is accurate as of May 2024.
Law Enforcement Officer Certifications: This includes all sworn police officers, correctional officers, probation/parole officers, juvenile justice officers, and juvenile court counselors, deputy sheriffs, detention officers, and telecommunicators certified to perform their vital roles. The North Carolina Sheriffs’ Education and Training Standards Commission and the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission certify these positions.
Law Enforcement Trainings: Through the North Carolina Justice Academy, law enforcement officers are certified in basic, intermediate, and advanced training on topics such as anti-terrorism, community-oriented policing, criminal investigation, traffic crash investigations, firearms, self-defense, and management and supervision.
Opioid Settlement Funds:Since 2021, Attorney General Josh Stein has announced $56 billion in national settlements with opioid companies that will help bring desperately needed resources to communities harmed by the opioid epidemic, including $1.5 billion to North Carolina. The agreements resolve litigation over the role of companies in creating and fueling the opioid epidemic. The agreements also require significant industry changes that will help prevent this type of crisis from ever happening again.
Funds Won for Consumers:Attorney General Josh Stein works to protect North Carolina consumers from scams and fraud. Stein and his Consumer Protection Division have helped hundreds of thousands of consumers get millions of dollars back in restitution and have helped win millions of dollars in savings on utility rates.
Medicaid Fraud Funds Won: The recovery of funds from NC DOJ’s Medicaid Investigations Division, which investigates fraud by Medicaid health care providers or suppliers, physical abuse of Medicaid patients or any patient in a Medicaid-funded facility and stealing or improper co-mingling of patients’ funds in a Medicaid-funded facility. This is calculated based on the percentage of Medicaid recipients in each county.
Environmental Enhancement Grant Funds: These funds are included in the Taxpayer Funds Won & Grants category.The Environmental Enhancement Grant program began after an agreement between the Attorney General’s Office and Smithfield Foods in 2000. Under that agreement, Smithfield provides $2 million to the state every year to be distributed among environmental projects across North Carolina. The Attorney General’s Office has awarded more than 200 projects in the state.
Taxpayer Recovered Funds:These funds are included in the Taxpayer Funds Won & Grants category. The North Carolina Department of Revenue refers criminal cases against people and businesses that violate tax code and law to NCDOJ’s Special Prosecutions Section, which seeks indictments and settlements leading to the recovery of funds for North Carolina taxpayers.
Evidence Submitted: The pieces of evidence submitted by each county for testing by the North Carolina State Crime Lab.
Criminal Appeals Cases Worked: NCDOJ attorneys provide legal representation and advice to all state government departments, agencies and commissions and handle all criminal appeals from state trial courts. This is the number of criminal appeals cases NCDOJ attorneys worked in each county.
