Living in Fear and Eroding Trust
Legal entanglements are exacerbated if you don’t have financial resources. We can all relate to getting issued an expensive and inconvenient speeding ticket but what if the anxiety of being pulled over by law enforcement was coupled with a fear of outstanding legal issues that you were unable to resolve because of lack of money, or time, or transportation? If your legal situation was aggravated by a substance abuse problem, a mental health diagnosis, housing instability, a
Fugitive Safe Surrender Program
In an effort to promote both officer safety and a peaceful way for individuals wanted on warrants to surrender, the United States Marshal Service and the United States Department of Justice created the Fugitive Safe Surrender Program in 2005. "In 2000, local police were executing an arrest warrant for a motor vehicle violation in Cleveland. When law enforcement went to the house to serve the warrant, the man pulled out a weapon and killed one of the officers. Fugitive Safe
