Honolulu HI November 18 2018 Starting today, two private security guards will begin patrolling nine city parks in the urban core to clamp down on illegal homeless activity. The city is spending $44,000 to Hawaii Protective Association for a one-month pilot project that will see two guards taking turns rotating among the nine parks 24 hours […]
STAMFORD CT October 26 2018 – Public Safety Director Ted Jankowski announced the formation of a new Parks Enforcement Unit to be led by long-time police Capt. Thomas Lombardo. The specialized unit will be responsible for the enforcement of state statutes and city rules and regulations in Stamford parks. The unit will be comprised of existing […]
Tempe AZ October 25 2018 Armed security guards will soon patrol some Tempe parks. The Tempe City Council on Monday unanimously approved spending $250,000 to hire G4S, a global security services company. The idea is to ease residents’ concerns about safety and trash in parks. But some residents are concerned by what they see as […]
BOYNTON BEACH FL Sept 17 2018 Boynton Beach is increasing security at its city parks by hiring rangers for the first time. Currently no city personnel patrol’s the parks, so these park rangers will “give an extra set of eyes,” said Wally Majors, the city’s director of parks and recreation. “We’ve been trying a find […]
Washington DC Sept 16 2018 Volunteers who have donated thousands of hours of their time to the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park have been walking off the job in response to what they describe as a hostile and unsafe work environment that the National Park Service has done little to fix. The park, […]
Vallejo CA Aug 28 2018 One police officer was injured and five people have been arrested in a brawl at the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo turned into a near riot. Police say that it started with several people fighting but soon turned into chaos when other people, not involved in the original dispute […]
BELLE ISLE MI July 10 2018 The President of the Michigan State Employees Association which represents Park Rangers, says they should be allowed to carry guns, mace or tasers to protect themselves and the public. As of right now, park rangers are unarmed. He says 322 Park Rangers work in the state’s 104 parks including Belle […]
NEW YORK NY May 11 2018 A Parks Enforcement Patrol officer was dragged by a pedicab in Central Park Wednesday. It happened around 1:10 p.m. near 66th Street. The incident began when two Parks Enforcement Patrol officers were attempting to issue a summons to the pedicab driver at Tavern on the Green. That’s when police say […]
San Jose CA Feb 2 2018 Facing growing public outrage, San Jose zoo officials Wednesday struggled to explain how an overnight security patrol failed to notice that a pack of dogs had slipped into Happy Hollow Park and Zoo after dark and mauled to death four miniature horses and a donkey in two attacks last month. […]
CLEVELAND OH Jan 11 2018 — Today, law enforcement officers nationwide were honored as part of National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day (L.E.A.D.) on the same day that our very own Cleveland Metroparks Ranger Department was nationally recognized. The ranger department is now one of just six park distract law enforcement departments to be accredited nationwide by […]