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

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]

Notes and References

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