Fugitive Safe Surrender
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Akron, Ohio
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Camden, New Jersey
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Cleveland, Ohio
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Columbia, South Carolina
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Detroit, Michigan
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Indianapolis, Indiana
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Memphis, Tennessee
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Nashville, Tennessee
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Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
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Phoenix,
Arizona
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Rochester, New York
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Washington D.C.
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Future Expansion
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Future Expansion
Due to the success of the Cleveland pilot,
on October 17, 2005, Marshals Service Director John F. Clark directed
the USMS Investigative Services Division to prepare for additional
Fugitive Safe Surrender opportunities in selected cities across the
nation. In the months and years ahead, the Marshals Service plans to
conduct Fugitive Safe Surrender programs similar to the successful
Cleveland initiative in the following cities:
- Atlanta, Georgia;
- Austin, Texas;
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania;
- Jacksonville, Florida; and
- Wilmington, Delaware.
In each city, the local U.S. Marshal is partnering with faith-based
leaders and corporate executives; federal, state and local authorities,
including prosecutors, courts, sheriffs, mayors, police chiefs and
public defenders; and other community leaders to implement Fugitive Safe
Surrender in 2008 and beyond.
The successful completion of Fugitive Safe Surrender garnered media
attention throughout Ohio and across the country. It also caught the
attention of Congress, as former Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH) and the late Representative
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) sponsored legislation that would authorize
the program on a national level. That legislation was included in the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006¸which was signed into
law by President George Bush on July 27, 2006. The Act bolsters the
Marshals Service’s ability to expand Fugitive Safe Surrender throughout
the country as it authorizes federal appropriations for the program
beginning in Fiscal Year 2007. Grant money also has been provided by the
Department of Justice/Office of Justice Programs for start-up costs and
program implementation. |