Posted on 11/28/2014 7:00:18 AM PST by redreno
Assemblyman Ira Hansen has concerns about the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service overreaching their policing powers.
Spurred in part by the BLM’s April roundup of Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy’s cattle that brought an armed confrontation between federal agents and Bundy supporters, the Sparks Republican is pushing for a bill that would prohibit BLM and Forest Service law officers from enforcing state laws.
He is trying to get Nevada’s 17 counties, including Clark County, to take an interest in the issue that would be considered by the 2015 Legislature.
Hansen’s concerns are tied in part to a variety of high-profile law enforcement incidents involving the BLM, including the roundup of Bundy cattle on public land and a fatal shooting at Red Rock that involved BLM law enforcement.
Clark County commissioners will discuss the matter Tuesday at the request of Commissioner Tom Collins
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I see Ira avoided the latest “trapping too close to the road” charges. He must have really po’d somebody at R&R since they’ve been hammering him constantly since the election.
Bookmark.
They get police powers but dont have the limits the police have.
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