Saturday, July 27, 2013

Poor Park Rangers

What's the agenda here, arm the environmental police and game wardens?

"Park rangers face increase in assaults" Associated Press, June 17, 2013

WASHINGTON — Park rangers, wildlife refuge workers, and US Park Police experienced more assaults and threats from visitors last year than in 2011, according to a group that represents federal resource workers....

More than one-quarter of the incidents involved some sort of violence against the employee or officer, according to the report by the advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility....

The report, to be released Monday, is based on figures obtained from the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and other agencies....

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Well, you know, this is the kind of thing that is going to happen when you have an asshole government.