DC Safe Surrender 2011-DC Public Safety Television

Published: July 15, 2011, 10:48 p.m.

b'Welcome to DC Public Safety\\u2013radio and television shows on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system.\\nThe topic for the\\xa0nineteenth television show produced by the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency is DC Safe Surrender.\\nThe combined federal and District criminal justice system came together in November of 2007 and created \\u201cFugitive Safe Surrender.\\u201d 530 offenders with warrants voluntarily surrendered.\\xa0 Safe Surrender was a national effort lead by the US Marshal\\u2019s Service.\\nThe website for the current \\u201cDC Safe Surrender\\u201d is http://www.dcsafesurrender.org.\\n\\u201cDC Safe Surrender\\u201d in 2011 seeks offenders wanted on non-violent felony and misdemeanor warrants. Domestic violence cases are not included.\\nOffenders willingly participated in the last Safe Surrender in 2007. The overwhelming majority went home that day with a new court date or had the charges resolved while they were there. They were looking for a way to safely resolve their warrants.\\n\\u201cDC Safe Surrender\\u201d is a public safety initiative. It gets offenders with warrants off the streets and back into legitimate society. It allows law enforcement to focus on other concerns.\\n\\u201cDC Safe Surrender\\u201d protects the family members of those wanted on warrants. They lose the fear of police coming to their door. They lose the fear of a family member being arrested in front of children.\\n\\u201cDC Safe Surrender\\u201d protects our police officers. They do not have to risk injury in serving these warrants.\\nA list of those wanted for warrants will be available on the website.\\nWhen: \\u201cDC Safe Surrender\\u201d will take place on three Saturdays on August 13, 20 and 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.\\nWhere: The DC Superior Court building at 500 Indiana Ave NW\\nTelevision Show:\\nParticipants-first segment:\\n\\n\\xad\\xad\\xadAdrienne Poteat, Director, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency\\nWillie Jones, participant, first DC Safe Surrender participant.\\n\\n\\xa0Participants-second segment: \\n\\nLee Satterfield, Chief Judge, DC Superior Court\\nAssistant Chief Alfred Durham, Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C.\\n\\n\\xa0The show is packed with video footage to enhance the viewing experience.\\nSee http://media.csosa.gov for our radio shows, blog and transcripts.\\nTranscript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/.\\nWe welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov or at Twitter at http://twitter.com/lensipes.\\nThe host is\\xa0Cedric Hendricks. The producer is Timothy Barnes.\\n\\nThe post DC Safe Surrender 2011-DC Public Safety Television first appeared on DC Public Safety (Video).\\nThe post DC Safe Surrender 2011-DC Public Safety Television first appeared on DC Public Safety (Video).'