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104857 1 (1978-02-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxxm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUME 04857 - [BO145D354 Crime in Federal Recreation Areas: A serious -roblem Needing Conqressional and Aqency Action. February 9, 1978. 16 pp. + 2 enclosures (2 pp.). - 4 Testimony before thet -use Committee on 'cvernment Cperations: Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Contact: Office of the Comptroller General. orqanization Concerned: National Park Service; Bureau of Land Manaqeaent; Forest Service; Del artmAnt of the Army: Corps of Enqineers. Conqressional Relevance: House Committee on Government operations: Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Suocommi ttee. The Federal GSoernmen-. owns millions of acres of land which people use for-tecreatioLal activities. As the public's use of these land-, has l one up, the incidence of crime occurring upon these lands hasrIsen. Agency recreation officials cit.d as frequent problems in their areas: larceny, turglary, assault, vandalism. illicit possession of wearens, drug and alcohol abuse, and destruction -cl natural and histcrical resources. Two legal issues have maa it difficult for Federal agencies administerina recreation areas to prcoide adequate visitor protection: limited A-itutory authority and the applicability of Federal criminal statwtes. In addition to legal obstacles to lar enforcement, manaqement-problems were found in law enforcement proqrams. Agencies ,r'iolio improve their reporting systems, they must be+ter assess their rangers' training needs, and they need to develop uniform contracting procedures. IU Federal visitor protection activities are to be uniform and if visitors are to receive uniformly adequate law enforcement services, a national policy on visitor protection is needed. The Government's program should: delineate acc'yp~able levels of law enforcesint services available to visitors, establish visitor protection juidelinez and standards. estab~t4 iuformation systems on the sez'ousves and exteit of crime t_ national recreation areas, develop improved procedures ior recruitinc, and training rangers, ine, develop quidelines ana-procedur-as to be followed when, contracting with State_ #n local law enforcement services. (RRS)

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