"Such violent threats against public servants have increased over the last decade - from just eight stories of such threats recorded in 2015 to 291 recorded in 2025, according to new research. The Public Service Alliance, a nonpartisan network, and the Impact Project, a nonpartisan data and research platform, released the dataset showing that escalation on Tuesday. An associated map lets viewers see incidents of public sector workers being harassed, stalked, doxxed, physically attacked and more."
""We're seeing not only an increase in volume, but also an expansion in who's being targeted," Abby André, executive director and co-founder of The Impact Project, said in a statement. "A decade ago, threats were concentrated at the federal level. Today, school board members, county clerks, and even mail carriers face similar dangers." Federal officials made up half of the incidents recorded since 2015 in the dataset; local employees, meanwhile, made up roughly one-third."
Recorded incidents of violent threats and harassment against public servants rose dramatically, from eight in 2015 to 291 in 2025. A dataset and interactive map compiled by the Public Service Alliance and the Impact Project document harassment, doxxing, stalking, physical attacks, and threats targeting a wide range of public sector workers. Targets now include elected officials, judges, election workers, law enforcement, military personnel, school board members, county clerks, and mail carriers. Federal officials accounted for about half of incidents since 2015, with local employees making up roughly one-third. Some threats have driven officials from their jobs, eroding institutional knowledge and staffing experience.
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