Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force is a half-hour reality television

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 show which premiered on A&E

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 in December of 2008. It chronicles US Marshals and local law enforcement as they hunt down some of America's worst fugitives. The show primary focus on the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force (NY/NJ RFTF) based out of New York City.

About the Fugitive Task Force

The New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Force (NY/NJ RFTF) became operational in May of 2002. With Memoranda of Understanding with over 80 federal, state, or local agencies and three fully operational offices in the New York/New Jersey area, the NY/NJ RFTF has made an extraordinary impact on the investigation and apprehension of the region's most dangerous and violent fugitives.

Main Cast Members

• Commander (Chief Inspector) Lenny DePaul - US Marshals Service
• Supervisor Thomas "Tommy" Kilbride - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• Senior Inspector Greg Holmes - US Marshals Service
• Detective Roxanne "Roxy" Lopez - Spring Valley, NY, Police Department
• Deputy Michelle "Michy" Mendez - US Marshals Service
• Detective Rasheen "Pep" Peppers - Newark, NJ, Police Department
• Senior Inspector Mike Romani - US Marshals Service
• Senior Parole Officer Vinny Senzamici - New York State Division of Parole
• Special Agent Hector Colon - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• Deputy Michelle Rios-Marsala - US Marshals Service
• Deputy Nicholas "Nick" Ricigliano - US Marshals Service

Participating Agencies

Federal Agencies

• United States Marshals Service
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• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
• Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• Drug Enforcement Administration
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• Department of Housing and Urban Development, OIG
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
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• US Probation Department
• United States Secret Service
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• United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police
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New Jersey

• Atlantic City Police Department
• Atlantic City Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Bergen County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Burlington County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Camden County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Camden Police Department
  Camden City, New Jersey Police Department
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• Cape May County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Cumberland County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Deptford Township Police Department
• Eatontown Police Department
• Essex County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Gloucester County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Hudson County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Hamilton Police Department
• Hunterdon County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Jersey City Police Department
• Mercer County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Middlesex Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Monmouth Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Morris County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Newark Police Department
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• New Jersey Attorney General's Office
• New Jersey Department of Corrections
• NY/NJ HIDTA
• New Jersey Department of Human Services Police
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• New Jersey State Parole
• New Jersey State Police
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• Ocean County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Passaic County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Paterson Police Department
• Pleasantville Police Department
• Salem County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Somerset County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• South Orange Police Department
• Sussex County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Trenton Police Department
• Union County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office
• Warren County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's Office

New York

• Dutchess County Sheriff's Office
• Glen Clove Police Department
• Mt. Vernon Police Department
• Nassau County District Attorney
• Nassau County Police Department
• Nassau County Probation Department
• Nassau County Sheriff's Office
• New York City Police Department
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• New York National Guard
• Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department
• New York State Corrections IG
• New York State Parole
• New York State Police
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• Putnam County Sheriff's Department
• Riverhead Police Department
• Rockland County Sheriff's Department
• Suffolk County District Attorney
• Suffolk County Police Department
• Suffolk County Probation Department
• Suffolk County Sheriff's Departmenthttp://www.usmarshals.gov/investigations/taskfrcs/rftfs/ny-nj/ny-agnc.htm