United States Marshals Service

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United States government agency federal law enforcement agency

The United States Marshals Service is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting the federal judiciary, managing and transporting prisoners, executing federal court orders, and handling the witness security program.

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All labels observed (34)

Label	Occurrences
United States Marshals Service canonical	176
U.S. Marshals Service	24
U.S. Marshals	9
United States marshals	4
Office of the United States Marshal	2
United States Marshals	2
Deputy United States Marshals	1
Deputy United States Marshals in the Eastern District of Virginia	1
Deputy United States Marshals in the Northern District of Iowa	1
U.S. Marshals Service (fictional depiction)	1
U.S. Marshals Service officers	1
U.S. Marshals Service task forces in the Eastern District of Virginia	1
U.S. Marshals task force	1
U.S. marshals	1
United States Marshal Service (fictional depiction)	1
United States Marshals Service (Northern District of California)	1
United States Marshals Service (local offices)	1
United States Marshals Service (local presence)	1
United States Marshals Service District Offices	1
United States Marshals Service district office	1
United States Marshals Service employees	1
United States Marshals Service for the District of Massachusetts	1
United States Marshals Service for the District of Minnesota	1
United States Marshals Service for the District of New Hampshire	1
United States Marshals Service for the District of North Dakota	1
United States Marshals Service for the District of Oregon	1
United States Marshals Service for the District of Puerto Rico	1
United States Marshals Service for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands	1
United States Marshals Service hierarchy	1
United States Marshals Service senior leadership	1
United States Marshals Service star	1
United States Marshal’s Office	1
United States federal marshals	1
Witness Security Division of the U.S. Marshals Service	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T78025 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Marshals Service
Context triple: [United States Department of Justice, oversees, United States Marshals Service]

A. United States Secret Service
The United States Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency best known for protecting the U.S. president and other national leaders, as well as investigating financial and cyber crimes.
B. Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the principal federal law enforcement and domestic intelligence agency of the United States, responsible for investigating and enforcing federal laws and protecting national security.
C. United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice is the federal executive department responsible for enforcing U.S. law, ensuring public safety, and overseeing agencies such as the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons.
D. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is a U.S. federal law enforcement agency responsible for enforcing federal firearms and explosives laws and regulating aspects of the alcohol and tobacco industries.
E. United States Capitol Police
The United States Capitol Police is a federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting the U.S. Capitol complex, its members, staff, and visitors, and for maintaining security and order on Capitol grounds.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Marshals Service
Target entity description: The United States Marshals Service is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting the federal judiciary, managing and transporting prisoners, executing federal court orders, and handling the witness security program.

A. United States Secret Service
The United States Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency best known for protecting the U.S. president and other national leaders, as well as investigating financial and cyber crimes.
B. Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the principal federal law enforcement and domestic intelligence agency of the United States, responsible for investigating and enforcing federal laws and protecting national security.
C. United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice is the federal executive department responsible for enforcing U.S. law, ensuring public safety, and overseeing agencies such as the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons.
D. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is a U.S. federal law enforcement agency responsible for enforcing federal firearms and explosives laws and regulating aspects of the alcohol and tobacco industries.
E. United States Capitol Police
The United States Capitol Police is a federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting the U.S. Capitol complex, its members, staff, and visitors, and for maintaining security and order on Capitol grounds.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States government agency ⓘ federal law enforcement agency ⓘ
abbreviation	U.S. Marshals Service ⓘ linked to: United States Marshals Service USMS ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	WITSEC Program ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ⓘ Drug Enforcement Administration ⓘ Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ international law enforcement partners ⓘ state and local law enforcement agencies ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateFounded	1789-09-24 ⓘ
directorConfirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
employerOf	Deputy United States Marshals ⓘ linked to: United States Marshals Service United States Marshals ⓘ linked to: United States Marshals Service
foundedBy	Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ
hasOfficeIn	each federal judicial district of the United States ⓘ
hasPredecessor	Office of the United States Marshal ⓘ linked to: United States Marshals Service
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal government of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States government
ledBy	Director of the United States Marshals Service ⓘ
legalBasis	Title 18 of the United States Code ⓘ Title 28 of the United States Code ⓘ
motto	Justice, Integrity, Service ⓘ
numberOfDistricts	94 ⓘ
oversees	United States Marshals Service District Offices ⓘ linked to: United States Marshals Service
parentAgency	United States Department of Justice ⓘ
partOf	United States federal judiciary security system ⓘ linked to: federal judiciary of the United States
partOfProgram	Joint Fugitive Task Forces ⓘ
responsibleFor	Witness Security Program ⓘ asset forfeiture ⓘ execution of federal court orders ⓘ fugitive apprehension ⓘ fugitive operations ⓘ housing of federal detainees in contract facilities ⓘ judicial security ⓘ management of federal prisoners ⓘ management of seized assets ⓘ protection of certain federal witnesses ⓘ protection of federal judges ⓘ protection of the federal judiciary ⓘ security of federal courthouses ⓘ service of federal arrest warrants ⓘ service of federal civil process ⓘ transportation of federal detainees ⓘ transportation of federal prisoners ⓘ transportation of high-risk prisoners ⓘ

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Referenced by (245)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Department of Justice → oversees → United States Marshals Service ⓘ

federal judiciary of the United States → hasSecuritySupport → United States Marshals Service ⓘ

Supreme Court Police → cooperatesWith → United States Marshals Service ⓘ

Office of the Attorney General → supervises → United States Marshals Service ⓘ

United States Attorney General → supervises → United States Marshals Service ⓘ

Pullman Strike → participant → U.S. Marshals ⓘ