NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Thursday, March 19, 1998

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

98-106 - Golden Gate NRA (CA) - Attempted Suicide; Life Saved

A golf course worker contacted the Park Police on the morning of March 14th
and reported that an elderly man was standing at the top of MacArthur Tunnel
on the edge of a 60-foot precipice.  Heavy weekend traffic was passing on the
highway below.  Officers Austin King and Todd Roth started a dialogue with
the man, while other officers and rangers established a perimeter around the
area.  Sergeant Christine Hodakievic designated a command post for liaison
with other agencies.  Traffic on the highway was stopped by San Francisco and
California Highway Patrol officers.  Although Park Police negotiators
responded, they did not enter directly into the conversation with the man
because of the rapport already established by Roth and King.  Over the next
two hours, the officers kept the man talking and provided him with food and
water.  Although he constantly repeated his desire to jump and even put his
feet over the edge, the officers were eventually able to talk him away from
the brink and take him into custody for psychiatric evaluation.  [Lt. Kevin
Hay, USPP, GOGA, 3/14]

98-107 - Natchez Trace Parkway (MS/AL/TN) - Suicide

On March 14th, the body of S.B., 46, of Summertown, Tennessee, was
found in her vehicle at a wayside exhibit in the Leipers Fork District.  She
evidently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  S.B.'s husband notified
authorities to be on the lookout for her when he found a note that she'd left
behind.  The investigation continues.  [Tim Francis, ACR, NATR, 3/16]

98-108 - Sunset Crater NM (AZ) - Stolen Vehicle Arrest

While on patrol in the park on March 6th, ranger John Bland discovered a Ford
pickup parked on the side of a Forest Service road near the park's boundary. 
Bland contacted the two men who were sleeping in the cab, then ran a check on
the vehicle's registration.  Although the latter came back negative, visitor
center staff were able to contact the registered owner and found that the
truck had been stolen from the San Diego area and that the theft had not yet
been reported.  The driver of the vehicle, J.R., who was armed with a
hatchet, was arrested without incident.  The second man had hitched a ride
with Reed and was released.  [CRO, FLAG, 3/17]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No entries.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Correction - The Morning Report resource management entry on March 13th said
that 180 feral horses were rounded up at Cape Lookout.  The actual number was
108.

MEMORANDA

No entries.

EXCHANGE

No entries.

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