U.S. Marshals Service
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on the show
- Mary and Marshall work on the roof (8th floor) of the Sunshine building (120 Central SW, at corner of 2nd and Central Ave.) (source: randomrattle)
- other marshals work out of Pete V. Domenici courthouse, 333 Lomas Blvd. NW
in real life
WitSec (Witness Security Program)
- WitSec authorized in 1970, but first witnesses not relocated until 1971 (Witness Security Program)
- Since 1971, program has handled more than 8,200 witnesses and 9,800 of their family members (Witness Security Program)
- Witsec marshals are known to be especially badass
- Q: What did you learn about WITSEC that surprised you? Did you go in with any biases of what you thought it was?
Frederick Weller: Also, the extent to which the US Marshals in the WITSEC program are very - well, physically dangerous. They're supposedly the best in the world at kicking down doors and are frequently borrowed by the other branches of the US Marshals Service just for that purpose, just for kind of, you know, SWAT type situations. That is not featured in our first season, but probably will be if the show stays on the air. I mean - I don't mean to say that action and the use of force, and gunplay isn't featured. I mean, we're never borrowed by other branches of the US Marshals Service but there's a lot of action. (MovieWeb interview with Fred Weller)
- Q: What did you learn about WITSEC that surprised you? Did you go in with any biases of what you thought it was?
