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NewsOctober 9, 2024

National Park Service Law Enforcement Ranger Drowns on Duty in Minnesota Lake

“Ranger Grossheim responded Sunday morning to a distress call from park visitors near Birch Cove Island. After taking a family of three aboard his National Park Service boat, the vessel overturned amid high winds and rough waters," NPS said.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 8, 2021

National Park Ranger, Suspect Wounded in Traffic Stop Gunfight

A park ranger made a traffic stop at approximately 10:20 a.m. near the park’s Fall River Entrance on U.S. 34 and the driver and the ranger exchanged gunfire.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 26, 2017

Park Service Cancels Funding for Project 'Honoring Legacy' of Black Panther Party

The National Park Service is no longer providing funding for a controversial project "honoring the legacy" of the Black Panther Party after outrage that the agency would spend taxpayer dollars to memorialize a group that murdered a park ranger in the 1970s.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 13, 2017

Off-Duty Ohio Officer Shoots Home Intruder

A Cleveland Metroparks Ranger Department off-duty police officer shot a home intruder at his Lakewood home Wednesday morning, police say.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 21, 2017

Video: NC Ranger Dragged 30 Feet, Driver Charged

Rangers said a man impatient to enter Crowders Mountain State Park in Gaston County, NC, dragged a park ranger with his car Sunday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 2, 2016

Civil Rights Group Says Park Rangers' Uniforms Are 'Threatening' to Latinos

A coalition of lawmakers and civil rights groups has a message for the National Park Service: your uniforms and vehicles are "very threatening" to Latinos.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 3, 2015

Tennessee Park Ranger Succumbs to Injuries from Crash

Park Ranger Jimmy Wallen succumbed to injuries sustained on duty in 1989 when the Hamilton County (TN) Parks and Recreation Department patrol car he and his partner were in was struck by another vehicle.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 8, 2013

NLEOMF Begins Engraving 2013 Officer Names

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has begun engraving the names of 321 fallen law enforcement officers who will be honored as part of National Police Week next week.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 4, 2012

C4i Provides Custom Dispatch Solution for Federal Facility

C4i has deployed an affordable, integrated solution at a National Park Service facility to assist with high-altitude search-and-rescue missions in the mountains of eastern California.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 28, 2012

House Passes Bill Honoring Park Ranger

The House of Representatives has passed a bill (H.R. 5788) that would name the post office in Eatonville, Wash., in honor of Park Ranger Margaret Anderson.

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