 |
| Courtesy: USMS |
The
Fugitive Safe Surrender program was created in Ohio by United States Marshal Pete Elliott in 2005 to bring community leaders, religious leaders, and the media together to encourage fugitives to turn themselves in a safe, non-violent environment. On August 30, 2006, Cleveland, Ohio,
Police Officer A.J. Schroeder was fatally shot while attempting to serve a warrant on a fugitive wanted for rape and burglary. Officer Schroeder's murder brought the Fugitive Safe Surrender program into the spotlight as a way to use the community to encourage violent offenders to turn themselves in before a violent confrontation with police occurs.
The New Jersey State Parole Board, one of Fugitive Safe Surrender's participating agencies, asked the ODMP to help identify officers killed by fugitives as part of their media outreach campaign. The ODMP supports any effort that reduces or eliminates the risk of a line of duty injury or death.
Officers killed by fugitives or wanted persons since 2005:
