Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (AZ,UT)
Rescue of Boy Seriously Injured in Fall
On January 17th, a county deputy asked rangers to provide medical and
technical rescue assistance to reach and extricate a 12-year-old boy who
had been injured in a fall in a canyon near the community of Ticaboo,
about a dozen miles north of Bullfrog. The boy had slipped on slickrock
and bounced and fallen over 100 feet, sustaining a fracture of the femur
of one leg and the tibia/fibular of the other. He ended up on a steep
and hazardous slope near the edge of another cliff. Rangers and flight
medics from Classic Lifeguard packaged the boy and utilized a low-angle
belay to evacuate him to a point accessible by helicopter. The entire
operation took about three hours; assisting were members of the Ticabo
and Off Shore Marina VFD's, the Classic flight crew, and state officers.
Ranger Greg Kouns directed the SAR operation, assisted by rangers Jason
Bauwens and Kerry Haut.
[Submitted by Laurie Axelsen, Subdistrict
Ranger, Bullfrog Subdistrict]
National Capital Parks-Central (DC)
Weapons and Child Endangerment Arrests
Park Police detective Todd Reid and officer John Cox were en route to
Franklin Park to work a prostitution detail on the evening of January
21st when they were passed at high speed by a gold Cadillac. They
attempted to pull it over, but the driver declined to stop until forced
to do so by highway congestion. While Cox detained the driver, Reid
pursued the passenger, who fled on foot. The chase went on for several
blocks, cutting through a number of small NPS-administered parks along
Massachusetts Avenue. At one point, the man Reid was chasing fell down,
and a dark-colored handgun fell to the sidewalk. He regained his
footing, but was eventually captured after a fight with Reid. Park
Police officer Ricardo Zamora, who had responded as backup, found the
gun — a loaded .38 caliber revolver. Reid also found a loaded .45
caliber semi-automatic pistol in the man's pants pocket, with three
rounds in the magazine and a fourth in the chamber. Meanwhile, Cox had
arrested the driver and detained a second adult, who had been in the
back seat with a one-year-old child who was not in a safety seat. The
second adult was charged with child endangerment. Two spent .45 caliber
casings were found on the floor of the Cadillac. Investigators are
talking with a witness who reported that the weapon had been fired from
the car before the officers arrived.
[Submitted by Capt. Kevin Hay,
Planning and Development Unit, USPP]
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.