NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

INCIDENTS

Lake Mead NRA

Father And Son Drown In Lake

On the morning of July 8th, dispatch received several 911 calls reporting that a man and a child had been found floating in the water about 25 yards off the shoreline of Six Mile Cove. Neither was wearing a PFD. They were brought to shore and CPR was begun. Rangers were on scene within 15 minutes and took over emergency medical care with the assistance of park medics. Despite their efforts and further attempts to resuscitate the child at University Medical Center in Las Vegas, neither the 36-year-old man nor his six-year-old son survived. [Randy Lavasseur, Assistant Chief Ranger]

Chickasaw NRA

Rangers Make Numerous Arrests During Holiday Week

Warm weather and high water levels brought many people to the park over the week surrounding July Fourth - and, with the high visitation, a rash of enforcement problems. Between Thursday, June 28th, and Sunday, July 8th, rangers made 36 arrests, including seven DUI incidents, three incidents of domestic violence, six felony warrant arrests, and eight arrests for public intoxication. They also issued 52 citations for a variety of violations, including numerous incidents involving both alcohol and controlled substances. [Aaron Shandor, Chief Ranger]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. To see the full text, including images, NPS employees should go to the InsideNPS home page ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index). Non-NPS employees can see most of them on the NPS Digest page ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/):

White Sands NM - A two day science symposium was held in the park in early June to showcase the scientific research occurring at White Sands National Monument.

Park Facility Management Division - Five National Park Foundation transportation scholars came together in Lakewood, Colorado, during the first week of June for an orientation and training workshop hosted by Denver Service Center.

Intermountain Region - Bob Love, a 32-year veteran of the National Park Service, has been named superintendent of Tumacácori National Historical Park in southern Arizona. Love is currently the chief ranger at Saguaro and assumes his new duties on August 27th.

Southeast Region - Dr. Antoinette T. Jackson has been selected as Southeast Region's new regional ethnographer. 

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The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, produced with the support of the Office of the Assistant Director for Information Resources and the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).

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