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3 results foundAuthor: Hanson, Royce Title: The U.S. Park Police: Aligning Mission, Priorities, and Resources Summary: "The U.S. Park Police, in conjunction with the Department of the Interior and National Park Service, must clarify its mission and set realistic priorities to effectively meet its responsibilities to protect the public and our national treasures in this post-9/11 world. In The U.S. Park Police: Aligning Mission, Priorities and Resources, an Academy Panel found that the Park Police cannot be an effective guardian of urban national parks and also attempt to be a full-service urban police force with currently available resources. This follow-up report to a previous 2001 Academy Panel report on the Park Police also found that little progress had been made in implementing the most critical 2001 Panel recommendations. Active and committed leadership from all three agencies is essential to implement the Panel's current recommendations for resolving these long-standing Park Police management issues." Details: Washington, DC: National Academy of Public Administration, 2004. 162p. Source: Internet Resource; Report prepared for the United States Congress and Department of the Interior Year: 2004 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 119416 Keywords: Police AdministrationPolicing, National ParksRecreation AreasUnited States Park Police |
Author: U.S. Government Accountability Office Title: Homeland Security: Actions Needed to Improve Security Practices at National Icons and Parks Summary: The September 11 terrorist attacks have heightened concerns about the security of the nation's icons and parks, which millions of people visit every year. The National Park Service (Park Service) within the Department of the Interior (Interior) is responsible for securing nearly 400 park units that include icons and other parks. In 2004, GAO identified a set of key protection practices that include: allocating resources using risk management, leveraging technology, information sharing and coordination, performance measurement and testing, and strategic management of human capital. As requested, GAO determined whether the Park Service's security efforts for national icons and parks reflected key practices. To meet this objective, GAO used its key practices as criteria, reviewed five icons and parks to gain firsthand knowledge, analyzed Interior documents, and interviewed Interior officials. The Park Service has implemented a range of security improvements since the September 11 terrorist attacks and has worked to integrate security into its primary mission to preserve national icons and parks for the public's enjoyment. For example, it has established a senior-level security manager position and taken steps to strengthen security at the icons, and is developing a risk management program for small parks. These efforts exhibit some aspects of the key protection practices, but GAO found limitations in each of the areas. The Park Service does not allocate resources using risk management servicewide or cost-effectively leverage technology. While the Park Service, with assistance from Interior, has conducted risk assessments and implemented countermeasures to enhance security at the icons, some critical vulnerabilities remain. Moreover, the Park Service has not advanced this risk management approach for icons to the rest of its national parks. Without a servicewide risk management approach, the Park Service lacks assurance that security efforts are focused where they are needed. Furthermore, while icons and parks may use a variety of security technologies and other countermeasures, they do not have guidance for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of these investments, thus limiting assurances of efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Additionally, the Park Service faces limitations with sharing and coordinating information internally and lacks a servicewide approach for routine performance measurement and testing. Although the Park Service collaborates with external organizations, it lacks comparable arrangements for internal security communications and, as a result, parks are not equipped to share information with one another on common security problems and solutions. Furthermore, the Park Service has not established security performance measures and lacks an analysis tool that could be used to evaluate program effectiveness and inform an overall risk management strategy. Thus, icons and parks have little information on the status and performance of security that they can use to manage daily activities or that Park Service management can use to manage security throughout the organization. Finally, strategic human capital management is an area of concern because of the Park Service's lack of clearly defined security roles and a security training curriculum. For example, staff that are assigned security duties are generally not required to meet qualifications or undergo specialized training. Absent a security training curriculum, there is less assurance that staff are well-equipped to effectively identify and mitigate risks at national icons and parks. Details: Washington, DC: GAO, 2009. 47p. Source: Internet Resource; GAO-09-983 Year: 2009 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 119422 Keywords: Homeland SecurityParksRecreation AreasSecurityTerrorism |
Author: New Yorkers for Parks Title: Tracking Crime in New York City Parks Summary: This report analyzes data collected through a pilot program which tracks crime in the New York City’s 20 largest parks. The goals of this report are to provide the public with an assessment of the first 18 months of data on crime in parks (April 2006 – September 2007); and to put forth recommendations to improve and expand this program. Details: New York: New Yorkers for Parks, 2008. 20p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 27, 2010 at: http://www.ny4p.org/pdfs/TrackingCrimefinal.pdf Year: 2008 Country: United States URL: http://www.ny4p.org/pdfs/TrackingCrimefinal.pdf Shelf Number: 119825 Keywords: Crime Statistics (New York City)ParksRecreation Areas |