U.S. Marshals Discuss New Courthouse Security Efforts at National Conference
The U.S. Marshals Service outlined new steps to improve courthouse security at its first National Conference on Court & Judicial Security, attended by nearly 300 sheriffs and deputies. Michael Prout, assistant director of the Marshals Service, said in an interview during the conference that threats against federal judges and prosecutors nationally increased from 500 in 2003 to nearly 1,300 last year. "We want to improve judicial security at the national level but also to share what we know with the local sheriffs," he said.
