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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, November 18, 2014 INCIDENTS Grand Canyon NP Park Resident Convicted Of Assault On Federal Officer Around 2 a.m. on March 12th, rangers responded to large party in a park housing area. One of those contacted was a 40-year-old park resident who was under the influence of alcohol at the time. A ranger attempted to arrest him, but he resisted and a physical confrontation ensued. Rangers subsequently contacted a special agent with the Investigative Services Branch. A joint investigation was begun by the agent and rangers. On October 6th, D.A.N. pleaded guilty to assault on a federal officer. He was sentenced to nine months imprisonment and a year of supervised probation upon his release. [Investigative Services Branch] OTHER NEWS The following stories are among those in today's webpage editions of InsideNPS (available to NPS employees only) and the Morning Report (available to all readers): Centennial Office - The Find Your Park campaign toolkit for the NPS Centennial is now available. It contains information about research used to develop the campaign, a planning calendar, logos and much more. Today's Almanac - Red flag warnings are up in coastal southern California. Polar air will continue to invade the East, extending all the way south to the Gulf Coast. Office of Communications - On November 4th, Director Jarvis hosted an employee webchat on the upcoming NPS centennial. The webchat transcript is now available, as is a new entry in the director's blog with additional details. National Mall - You may have never heard the name of Sergeant Amelia Jones, but her story adds another chapter to the distinguished history of the Tuskegee Airmen. US Park Police - On November 6th, members of the United States Park Police joined representatives from more than 100 law enforcement agencies for the eighth annual Operation Sentry Conference. Everglades NP - Ten local university students have been selected to participate in the Everglades Wilderness Writing Expedition, a new program that connects aspiring local writers to the Everglades wilderness. Archeology Program - Dr. Jeanne Schaaf and Katherine Birmingham are the recipients of this year's John L. Cotter awards for, respectively, professional achievement and project accomplishment. US Park Police - Mounted and canine officers from the San Francisco Field Office participated in this year's Veterans Day Parade on November 9th To see the full text of these stories, readers should go to one or the other of the following sites: NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index Non-NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/ The Morning Report is 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@contractor.nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov). --- ### --- |