National Capital Parks
Officer Revives Eight-Month-Old Baby
Park Police officer Charles Barner was on patrol in southeast
Washington the morning of February 26th when two women ran out of a
house and waved frantically at him. Barner stopped his cruiser and ran
into the house with the women, one of whom was shouting that her baby
had drowned. Barner found an eight-month-old baby lying on the bathroom
floor, unconscious and not breathing. He began CPR, and the baby resumed
breathing and showed signs of a pulse. City fire and EMS personnel
arrived on scene shortly thereafter and took the baby to Children's
Hospital, where it is recovering.
[Submitted by Sergeant Scott R.
Fear, U.S. Park Police]
Amistad National Recreation Area (TX)
Drug Seizure
On February 16th, a park visitor driving along the back roads in the
San Pedro area of the park noticed flagging by the shoreline of Lake
Amistad. He investigated, found a tarp with two large bundles stacked
beneath it, and contacted Val Verde County Sheriffs' Department to
report the discovery. The two bundles contained a total of 115 pounds of
processed marijuana. No arrests have been made, nor are there any
suspects at this time.
[Submitted by Chief Rangers Office]
OPERATIONAL NOTES
NPS "Officer Down" Video Reissued
The NPS-produced video, "Officer Down: The Murder of a National Park Service Ranger," has been reissued in CD format. The 45-minute program depicts the circumstances on the day that Ranger Joe Kolodski was murdered near Big Witch Gap on Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.
The video also discusses the findings of the board of review for the incident and some of its recommendations.
The program was originally distributed on video cassette to park superintendents. It is now available to chief rangers, firearms instructors, and defensive tactics Instructors to incorporate into in-service training.
Because it is in CD format as a Windows media file, it can be played on most NPS computers and integrated into PowerPoint programs.
Interested parties can request a disk from NPS-LETC by emailing Greg_Jackson@nps.gov.
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.