Justice Manual § 9-21.700

Requests for the appearance of a relocated witness for trial or pre-trial conferences and interviews in the case for which the witness entered the Witness Security Program should be made by the prosecutor to the Witness Security Inspector of the USMS in the prosecutor's area at least ten (10) working days in advance of the appearance date. Requests should include the following: purpose of appearance, date/time, place, estimated duration of appearance, and, if applicable, name of contact person (if other than the requestor). Investigative agents should make requests for interviews of a relocated witness for cases other than the Program case through authorized agency channels for approval by OEO. Requests should include purpose, date, and estimated duration of the appearance, and, if applicable, any other persons to be present in addition to the requestor. OEO will forward approved requests to the USMS or to BOP (whichever is appropriate).

Communications should be addressed to the Chief, Special Operations Unit, Office of Enforcement Operations, P.O. Box 7600, Washington, D.C. 20044-7600. In case of emergency, you may contact OEO by phone at (202) 514-3684. In order to conserve the USMS's personnel resources, emergency requests should be avoided.

Prosecutors and investigative agents will be requested to conduct conferences or interviews of relocated witnesses at neutral sites, or, for prisoner-witnesses, at the prisoner's assigned BOP facility, which will substantially reduce the personnel requirements of the USMS. The USMS will determine the location of all "neutral sites" for relocated witness interviews, and will advise the requestor directly.

It will be the responsibility of the prosecutor and the investigative agents to ensure that maximum use is made of the witness's appearance in the danger area. In the interests of security and limiting the expenses involved, the witness must be returned to the relocation area or designated facility as soon as practicable.