History - Safe Surrender
Fugitive
Safe Surrender is a unique, creative, and highly successful
initiative that encourages persons wanted for non-violent felony or
misdemeanor crimes to voluntarily surrender to the law in a
faith-based or other neutral setting. Managed by the United States
Marshals Service as a community re-entry program for wanted
non-violent offenders, Fugitive Safe Surrender offers individuals
with felony and misdemeanor warrants the ability to turn themselves
in to law enforcement and have their cases adjudicated in a safe and
non-violent environment. The goal of Fugitive Safe Surrender is to
reduce the risk to law enforcement officers who pursue fugitives, to
the neighborhoods in which they hide, and to the fugitives
themselves. Authorized by Congress in July 2006, Fugitive Safe
Surrender is believed to be the first program of its kind in the
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