On another thread I mentioned I had some difficult issues with a NPS cop and noted so did others, long before the shutdown.
What I’d like to add, from my experience then is the NPS does not have a LEO chain of command like the FBI and other professional police agencies.
Park cops report to the park superintendent, who reports to the regional director. Couple this with the fact the NPS was overun with tree hugger type leftists beginning in the 90’s that are now in upper management positions, and just what else can be expected?
They are not professional cops, they are leftist goons gleefully following any order given that makes someone elses life miserable.
I used to work for a major forest products company (hint: Starts with the letter W). It too had more than enough Birkenstoks troding the hallways of corporate to scare some of old time tin pants loggers.