Audit of the United States Marshals Service's Home Intrusion Detection System Program

Audit of the United States Marshals Service's Home Intrusion Detection System Program Read Report Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced today the release of a report examining the United States Marshals Service's (USMS) Home Intrusion Detection System (HIDS) program.  In 2005, the USMS established the HIDS program to provide home security systems to federal judges.  In 2022, the USMS restructured its HIDS program from a USMS procured vendor program to a reimbursement-based program with the goal of increasing participation.    The DOJ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that the USMS has seen a 13 percent increase in HIDS enrollment under the restructured program.  However, about 28 percent of federal judges still do not participate, including many judges who had participated in the prior HIDS program but do not participate now.  We also found that, contrary to an OIG recommendation in 2021, the USMS had not solicited input directly from judges when considering how to restructure the HIDS program, and that the USMS was unaware of the reasons why judges were not participating in the HIDS program and only recently attempted to obtain that data.   Additionally, we identified enhancements to the USMS residential judicial security programs and practices that we believe will help ensure the safety of protected persons and improve the program, such as taking steps to better assist judges in identifying their unique home security needs, streamlining the reimbursement process for judges, and improving training for USMS personnel responsible for administering the HIDS program.    The DOJ OIG made nine recommendations to improve the USMS's management of the HIDS program.  The USMS agreed with all nine recommendations. Read Report You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to OIG Reports - U. S. Marshals Service (USMS) for U.S. Department of Justice.  Follow the DOJ Office of the Inspector General on X @JusticeOIG.

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