Mojave National Preserve (CA)
Explosives Found and Destroyed
On October 8th, a contractor working in the park came upon a metal
silo at the Morning Star Mine which appeared to contain explosives.
Rangers and the county bomb squad examined the silo and confirmed that
it contained about 40,000 pounds of energized and active ammonium
nitrate explosives. Around-the-clock security was begun and maintained
at the site for nine days until the explosives could be destroyed.
Rangers from Lake Mead, Santa Monica Mountains and the BLM assisted with
the security. NPS explosives disposal experts from Yosemite and
Sequoia-Kings Canyon destroyed the explosives in small amounts. The
40,000 pounds constituted about nine times as much of the same explosive
as was used in the Oklahoma City bombing.
[Submitted by Kirk
Gebicke, Park Ranger]
Saguaro National Park (AZ)
Suicide Intervention
Rangers Jason Griswold and John Williams saw a man acting oddly at
the Douglas Springs trailhead on the evening of October 31st. They
stopped to talk with him and detected alcohol on his breath during the
conversation. While Griswold was questioning him, Williams saw a receipt
from a local gun shop in plain sight on the front seat of his vehicle.
When asked if he had a firearm, the man admitted that there was one
under the driver's seat. Williams retrieved a loaded .40 caliber
semi-automatic pistol, which had been purchased earlier that day. The
man eventually confessed that he'd planned to hike up the trail and
commit suicide prior to the rangers' arrival. He was placed in
protective custody and taken to a local hospital for psychiatric
evaluation. The 41-year-old man, a resident of Tucson, is married and
the father of five children. He said that he'd been involved in a
serious motor vehicle accident four months previously and had been
experiencing chronic headaches and other health problems.
[Submitted
by Bob Love, Chief Ranger]
OPERATIONAL NOTES
NPS Office at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
New Resource Law Handbook Available
The Federal Natural Resources Law Handbook, developed by Gould Publications in cooperation with the NPS FLETC office, is now available for purchase. The handbook, which will be issued to all basic students attending the national park ranger integrated training program, was developed for use by the majority of land management agencies. It includes the following statutes or subject areas:
- United States Constitution
- Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
- Selected provisions of Title 5, D.C. Code
- Public Laws relating to the U.S. Park Police
- Executive Order 11644
- Title 4, United States Code - Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States.
- Selected provisions of Title 16, United States Code - Conservation
- Title 18, United States Code - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
- Selected provisions of Title 21, United States Code - Food and Drugs
- Selected provisions of Title 25, United States Code - Indians
- Selected provisions of Title 26, United States Code - Internal Revenue Code
- Selected provisions of Title 28, United States Code - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
- Selected provisions of Title 30, United States Code - Mineral Lands and Mining
- Selected provisions of Title 33, United States Code - Navigation and Navigable Waters
- Selected provisions of Title 42, United States Code - The Public Health and Welfare
- Selected provisions of Title 43, United States Code - Public Lands
- Selected provisions of Title 46, United States Code Appendix - Shipping
- Federal Rules of Evidence
The handbook in soft-cover format is approximately 1,000 pages long and costs $45. There is a also a CD-ROM version available for $59.95. In order to obtain copies, call Gould Publications at 800-717-7917 (fax: 407-695-2906) or go to http://www.gouldlaw.com/.
[Submitted by Don Usher, NPS/FLETC]
Submission standards for the Morning Report can be found on the left side of the front page of InsideNPS. All reports should be submitted via email to Bill Halainen at Delaware Water Gap NRA, with a copy to your regional office and a copy to Dennis Burnett in Division of Law Enforcement and Emergency Services, WASO.
Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement and Emergency Services, WASO, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.