| **United      States Marshals Service**
The Marshals Service is the      nation�s oldest and mostversatile      federal law enforcement agency. Since 1789,federal      marshals have served the nation through avariety      of vital law enforcement activities. Ninety-fourU.S.      marshals, appointed by the president or the U.S.attorney      general, direct the activities of 94 districtoffices      and personnel stationed at more than 350locations      throughout the 50 states, Guam, NorthernMariana      Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.Each      district, and the District of Columbia SuperiorCourt,      is headed by a U.S. marshal. The MarshalsService�s      headquarters is located in Arlington, Va.

The Marshals Service occupies      a uniquely centralposition in the      federal justice system. It is involved invirtually      every federal law enforcement initiative.Approximately      4,000 deputy marshals and careeremployees      perform the following nationwide, day-todaymissions.
**Judicial Security**
Protection of federal judicial      officials, which includesjudges,      attorneys and jurors, holds a high priority withthe      Marshals Service. Deputy marshals use the latestsecurity      techniques and devices at highly sensitivetrials      throughout the nation. Fully-trained, contractofficers      comprise the agency�s Court Security Officer(CSO)      Program. These specially deputized officershave      full law enforcement authority and occupy a vitalrole      in courthouse security. Deputies and CSOsprovide      security at nearly 800 facilities with courtoperations.      Marshals Service statistical data, based onreports      prepared by CSOs during FY 2001, indicatesthat      there were 806,867 detections of weapons such asguns,      knives and other items that may pose a securityrisk      or are prohibited in the courthouse. Of theseitems,      7,015 were permanently confiscated orabandoned      at the courthouse; the rest were returned totheir      owners upon their departure from thecourthouse.

The Marshals Service oversees      each aspect ofcourthouse construction      projects, from design throughcompletion,      to ensure the safety of federal judges,court      personnel and the public.
**Fugitive Investigations**
Last year, the Marshals      Service apprehended 57percent of all      federal fugitives. The agency executesmore      arrest warrants than all other federal lawenforcement      agencies combined. Working with lawenforcement      authorities at federal, state, local andinternational      levels, the Marshals Service apprehendsthousands      of dangerous felons each year.

The Marshals Service has      representatives coordinatingfugitive      matters at the El Paso Intelligence Center inEl      Paso, Texas, and Interpol in Washington, D.C., andFrance.

The Marshals Service has      memoranda ofunderstanding to assume      fugitive investigations for:the Drug      Enforcement Administration; U.S. CustomsService;      Internal Revenue Service; variousinvestigative      services within the Department ofDefense;      U.S. Department of Agriculture; SocialSecurity      Administration; Food and DrugAdministration;      Department of Health and HumanServices;      and various Offices of Inspectors General.

The Marshals Service has been      designated by theDepartment of Justice      as the primary agency toapprehend      fugitives that are wanted by foreign nationsand      believed to be in the United States. Also, theMarshals      Service is the primary agency responsiblefor      tracking and extraditing fugitives who areapprehended      in foreign countries and wanted forprosecution      in the United States.
**Witness Security**
The Marshals Service ensures      the safety of witnesseswho risk their      lives testifying for the government incases      involving organized crime and other significantcriminal      activity. Since 1970, the Marshals Servicehas      protected, relocated and given new identities to7,160      witnesses. The successful operation of theWitness      Security Program has been generallyrecognized      as providing a unique and valuable tool inthe      government�s war against major criminalenterprises.
**Prisoner Services**
The Marshals Service houses      over 37,000 federal, pre-sentenced prisoners each day in federal, state      andlocal jails. Approximately 70      percent of MarshalsService prisoners      are housed in 1,300 state, local andprivate      jails. Thirty percent are housed in FederalBureau      of Prisons facilities. In areas where detentionspace      is scarce, the Marshals Service usesCooperative      Agreement Program funds to improvelocal      jail conditions and expand jail capacities inreturn      for guaranteed space for federal prisoners.
**JPATS**
In 1995, the air fleets of the      Marshals Service and theImmigration      and Naturalization Service merged tocreate      the Justice Prisoner and Alien TransportationSystem      (JPATS). The merger created a more efficientand      effective system for transporting prisoners and criminal aliens. Operated      by the Marshals Service,JPATS is one      of the largest transporters of prisoners inthe      world, handling hundreds of requests every day tomove      prisoners between judicial districts, correctionalinstitutions      and foreign countries. On average, morethan      270,000 prisoner and alien movements a year arecompleted      by JPATS via coordinated air and groundsystems.
**Asset Forfeiture Program**
The Marshals Service is      responsible for managing anddisposing      seized and forfeited properties acquired bycriminals      through illegal activities. Under the auspicesof      the Department of Justice Asset ForfeitureProgram,      the Marshals Service currently managesnearly      $900 million worth of property, and it promptlydisposes      of assets seized by all Department of Justiceagencies.      The goal of the program is to maximize thenet      return from seized property and then to use theproperty      and proceeds for law enforcement purposes.
**Special Operations and      Programs**
The Marshals Service carries      out hundreds of specialmissions each      year that are related to its broad lawenforcement      and judicial security responsibilities.

The Special Operations Group      is a highly trainedforce of deputy      marshals with the responsibility andcapability      of responding to emergency situationswhere      federal law is violated or where federalproperty      is endangered. Most SOG members are fulltimedeputy      marshals stationed in district officesthroughout      the nation. They remain on call 24 hours aday      for SOG missions.         |
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