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Fugitive Safe Surrender


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Akron, Ohio
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Camden, New Jersey
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Chester,
Pennsylvania
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Cleveland, Ohio
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Columbia, South Carolina
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Detroit, Michigan
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Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania
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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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Wilmington, Delaware
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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:
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Austin, Texas;
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Baltimore,
Maryland;
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Jacksonville,
Florida; and,
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Newark, New
Jersey;
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 2009 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. |