[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 13582-13583]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE ANNIVERSARY

  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I wish to honor the U.S. Marshals 
Service on the occasion of the 225th anniversary of its founding. Since 
its establishment in 1789, the Marshals Service has distinguished 
itself as not only the oldest, but one of the most effective law 
enforcement agencies in the United States. In recent years, the 
Marshals Service has demonstrated its versatility through Operation 
FALCON, a nationwide fugitive apprehension initiative. In this program, 
resources of Federal, State, city, and county law enforcement agencies 
are combined to locate and apprehend criminals wanted for crimes of 
violence. Since its inception in 2005, Operation FALCON has made 91,086 
arrests and cleared 117,874 warrants and is the single most successful 
initiative aimed at apprehending violent fugitives in

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U.S. law enforcement history. Congratulations to the Marshals Service 
on 225 years of service to our Nation.

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