TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 21, 2024

Facing an unprecedented increase in threats and violence, more than 70% of federal judges have enrolled in the government's home intrusion protection program, according to the U.S. Marshals service, which oversees the program. Judicial officers have seen a sharp increase in threats increasing from 179 in 2019 to 457 in 2023, Bloomberg Law reports. There has also been an increase in "swatting" incidents where someone falsely reports a crime at a targeted individual's location in order to draw a heightened law enforcement response.