Pretty much every USPP shift is short of minimum staffing. Saturday evening around 8:00 p.m. (July 17, 2022) in the United States Park Police East District in Washington, DC, there was a reported stabbing on the Suitland Parkway. Evidently, someone stabbed someone else in a vehicle traveling on the parkway. The stabbing aftermath caused the … Continue reading Weekend Calls Again Swamp Severely Understaffed USPP – Two Lts Step Up to Fill Gap
The following image is a link to a Timeline containing evidence of the National Park Service's (NPS's) reckless neglect of the United States Park Police's (USPP) operational readiness: CLICK IMAGE ABOVE OF TO VIEW THE TIMELINE A quick review the Timeline will reveal that understaffing and under-equipping the USPP is nothing new. They have been … Continue reading See the Evidence of the National Park Service’s Decades-Long Neglect of USPP Operations
LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN TO ALL USPPFOP MEMBERS:
On March 2, 2022, Rep. Norton wrote the U. S. Park Police (USPP) requesting they expand the Force's Home-to-Work (HTWVP) vehicle program. Rep. Norton did this because she is aware that: Currently the USPP has fewer Officers than it had in 1975.That this dangerously low staffing severely limits the Force's ability to swiftly and effectively … Continue reading USPP Chief Glosses Over Severe Understaffing – Assures Rep. Norton USPP is “prepared” for “emergencies”
