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U.S. Park Police Follow-up Study
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Park Police (posted: 11/19/2003)
In August 2001, the National Academy of Public Administration
(Academy) issued a report entitled The U.S. Park Police: Focusing
Priorities, Capabilities, and Resources for the Future. The
report was prepared in response to a mandate in the Conference
Report accompanying the 2001 Appropriations for the Department
of the Interior (DOI) and Related Agencies. Congress believed
there was a need to improve accountability within and oversight
of the U.S. Park Police (USPP) budget. The Academy's report
contained 20 recommendations pertaining to the USPP's mission
and structure, its roles and functions, and its budgeting and
staffing.
Since the report was issued 2 years ago,
a new Chief of the USPP was appointed and some of the report's
recommendations are in various stages of implementation. In
addition, increased emphasis has been placed on the protection
of park monuments in the Washington, DC area and at the Statue
of Liberty. The establishment of the Department of Homeland
Security, increased local, state, and federal counterterrorism
activities, and improved law enforcement cooperation and coordination
may also be affecting USPP's roles, functions, and the organizational
structure being used to carry them out. In the light of these
developments, the Interior and Related Agencies Subcommittee
has asked that the Academy follow up on the recommendations
made in its report to determine the status of implementation.
There will be two phases for the study
Phase 1: Follow-up of Academy Panel August
2001 Recommendations.
Phase 2: Evaluate USPP mission, roles and
functions, the resources allocated to them and relative priority.
Management Studies
Kenneth Ryder
Ongoing
The Academy has appointed the following individuals to
a Panel to oversee and direct the study. The public may
send comments on the composition of the panel for a period
of seven (7) days after the posted date to mditmeyer@napawash.org.
--Research Professor,
Institute of Public Policy at George Washington University.
Former Visiting Professor, Policy Science Graduate Program,
University of Maryland Baltimore County; Professor and Dean,
School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas;
Associate Dean and Professor, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute
of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; Senior Staff Officer,
National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences; Chairman,
Montgomery County (Maryland) Planning Board; Chairman, Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning Commission.
-Special
Agent in Charge, Miami Field Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA); Vice Chairman, Executive Committee,
Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
Prior Headquarters positions with DEA: Deputy Assistant Administrator,
Office of Inspections; Unit Chief, Office of Security Programs.
Prior positions with DEA: Special Agent in Charge, Washington
Division Office; Supervisory Senior Inspector, Public Information
Officer, Special Agent, Miami Division Office; Special Agent,
New York Division Office.
Bennie R. Click-Police
Practices Consultant, Member of Governing Board State Bar
of Arizona, Chairman National Council on Law Enforcement Education
and Training, Adjunct Faculty Ottawa University. Former Police
Chief Dallas Texas, Acting Assistant City Manager Dallas Texas,
Seventeen positions in Phoenix Police Department including
Executive Assistant Police Chief. Member of the International
Association of Chiefs of Police, the Police Executive Research
Forum, and the National Executive Institute.
-Criminal
Justice Consultant, Former, Director, Office of Community
Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice; Commissioner,
Baltimore City Police Department; increasingly responsible
positions with the San Jose Police Department, including Commander
of every Departmental Bureau; President, Police Executive
Research Forum; Chair, Executive Committee, Washington/Baltimore
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area; U.S. Army Intelligence.
-Consultant,
McConnell International, LLC. Former Chief Operating Officer,
Small Business Administration; Senior Counsel, Detention and
Deportation, Immigration and Naturalization Service; Assistant
Director for Prisoner Services, U.S. Marshals Service, U.S.
Department of Justice; Associate Deputy Attorney General,
Office of the Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of
Justice; Acting Director/Deputy Director, Office of Construction
Management and Deputy Budget Director, U.S. Department of
the Interior; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Civil
Rights, U.S. Department of Education; Assistant Director,
Human Resources, Veterans and Labor Group, U.S. Office of
Personnel Management.
* Not an Academy Fellow
Meeting 1: January
30, 2004 (closed) (posted 1/16/04)
Meeting 2:
March 29, 2004 (closed) (posted 3/22/04)
Meeting 3: May
25, 2004 (closed) (posted 5/17/04)
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