NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Monday, July 1, 2013
INCIDENTS
Grand Teton NP
Arrest Made In Serious Assault
Just after 1:30 a.m. on the morning of Friday, June 28th, rangers were called to an employee dormitory adjacent to the Jackson Lake Lodge to deal with a serious assault that had occurred there.
The assailant was arrested and the victim received emergency medical care before being taken by park ambulance to St. John's Medical Center in Jackson.
An investigation into the assault is currently underway.
[Jackie Skaggs, Public Affairs Officer]
Whiskeytown NRA
Two Arrested Following Pursuit And Crash
A park employee contacted park dispatch on the afternoon of June 22nd and reported a vehicle being driven erratically on Kennedy Memorial Drive. Rangers soon located the vehicle and stopped it about 200 yards west of Brandy Creek Road, but the driver took off again after a passenger jumped out.
Rangers detained the passenger and again attempted to stop the vehicle, which left the roadway several times and barely missed colliding with several vehicles as it passed them heading east on the drive.
The driver lost control of his vehicle about three miles into the pursuit, slammed into a guardrail, and damaged about 300 feet of the barrier before coming to a stop. The front wheel was caught on the guardrail, which prevented the vehicle and occupants from a 250-foot fall to the base of the dam. Only minor injuries were sustained by the driver and passenger.
The driver was arrested for DUI, with a number of additional charges pending. He was later found to be on early release from jail through California Assembly Bill 109 (also known as Criminal Justice Realignment or AB 109). The male passenger who exited the vehicle was arrested for public intoxication.
[Chris Mengel, Acting 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 Francisco Maritime NHP - On June 27, 1988, San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park was created from maritime cultural resources along that city's western waterfront. This year, the park's extensive interpretive and education programs will also link maritime heritage with one of the world's largest yachting races, the America's Cup.
Office of Communications - Nearly $1.5 million in grants have been awarded under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to assist museums, tribes and native Hawaiian organizations in documenting and returning human remains and cultural objects to their people.
Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs - This week's update on past and upcoming hearings, newly introduced bills, and the status of legislation of interest to the National Park Service. This report covers the week ending on Friday, June 28th.
NPS Law Enforcement Training Center - On June 21st, ten NPS rangers graduated from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico. They were enrolled in the 17-week-long land management police training course.
Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Division - Jerry Willis, a community planner for Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance, has received a Legends Award from the American Recreation Coalition.
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The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, 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).
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