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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Wednesday, September 12, 2012 INCIDENTS United States Park Police Horse Mounted Unit Assists At Democratic National Convention The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department, as the hosting city for the recent Democratic National Convention, asked that the US Park Police Horse Mounted Patrol Unit assist them with the protection of their citizens and city. The unit was recommended to them as the premier horse mounted unit in the United States for crowd control. Due to the Park Police mission to protect and patrol the parks and icons in the Washington metropolitan area, it was not possible to send the 20 requested officers and horses, but USPP did provide 10 officers and their mounts. Other mounted units came from Atlanta and Richmond. The mission of these units during the convention was to provide high profile patrol as a deterrent to civil disobedience and to provide the citizens and visitors to Charlotte a sense of security and safety. Due to effective planning by the Charlotte Mecklenburg PD, the majority of demonstrators were peaceful and only a few violations occurred. The horse mounted units were therefore not utilized in a crowd control capacity. [Sergeant Paul Brooks, Public Information Officer] 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/): Flight 93 NM - Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined approximately 1,500 people at Flight 93 National Memorial yesterday to honor the 40 passengers and crew who foiled a planned attack on the nation's capital on September 11, 2001. Klondike Goldrush NHP - Maintenance employee Samuel "Stimee" Boggs died unexpectedly during the early morning hours on Tuesday, September 4th. Wilderness Stewardship - President Obama has proclaimed September as National Wilderness Month. In accord with this proclamation, the NPS and American University have created and released a series of wilderness webisodes entitled "America's Wilderness." Climate Change Response Program - The summer 2012 issue of the Climate Change Response Program's newsletter is now available. Intermountain Region - Denise Swanke, a 21-year veteran of the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management, has been named superintendent of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana. * * * * The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, produced by the Office of Communications with the support of the Office of the Associate Director for Information Resources. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov). --- ### --- |