NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Friday, September 17, 2010

INCIDENTS

Biscayne NP

Two More Nabbed Through Park Arrest Warrant Program

While conducting surveillance for wanted individuals on August 28th, Chief Ranger Didier Carod and Law Enforcement Specialist Wayne Rybeck arrested two individuals in Miami-Dade County who had arrest warrants out on them. The first had fines exceeding $1,000; the second had been convicted of poaching. A federal judge had issued arrest warrants for both of them. Biscayne has had an active arrest warrant program since early 2009. Since then, rangers have arrested 11 suspects in various cities within Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. Three others have been arrested by local agencies after absconding from the park's warrant/arrest team. They have been turned over to the rangers and taken to a federal detention center. Biscayne has developed a detailed warrant standard operating procedure and has developed examples of arrest plans. Today, Biscayne has only two active arrest warrants not served yet out of dozens issued since January of 2009. The park worked closely with the assistant United States attorney's office and federal judges when putting this program together. [Didier Carod, Chief Ranger]

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/):

San Juan NHS - Early on the morning of September 8th, a Walt Disney filming crew began transforming Castillo San Cristobal's historic ramp entrance to set the stage for a scene of “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” starring Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz.

Intermountain Region - Intermountain and Pacific West Regions cosponsored an ICS all-hazards command and general staff course at the Intermountain Regional Office on the week of August 30th. Photo.

Great Smoky Mountains NP - Clayton Jordan, currently the chief ranger at Gulf Islands, has been selected as the new chief ranger at Great Smoky Mountains. Photo.

Upcoming Training and Conference Calendar - A compilation of upcoming training courses and conferences across the nation. Added to this week's calendar are the following - the 2010 Hampton University Executive Leadership Summit, ANPR's annual professional conference and rendezvous, and four new FLETC offerings.

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Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, with the support of the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).

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