Posted on 01/02/2012 10:54:47 AM PST by An American!
Park Ranger Margaret Anderson, a mother of two who was married to another ranger at the park, was shot about 10:30 a.m. Sunday after setting up a roadblock to stop a car that was fleeing another officer.
A man who was being sought in the shooting of four people at a New Year's party in South King County early Sunday is suspected in the fatal shooting of a park ranger in Mount Rainier National Park later in the morning.
....Searchers flew over the park Sunday night in a plane with infrared equipment that picks up signs of body heat.
Meanwhile, a tactical team was trying to track the assailant through nearly 2 feet of fresh snow as temperatures fell. More than 100 law-enforcement officers from the National Park Service, FBI, Pierce County and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife were on the scene.
"We believe we have a good track on him," Troyer said. "But he's way out ahead of us." The gunman's tracks went into creeks and other waterways, making it more difficult for crews to follow. "He's intentionally trying to get out of the snow," Troyer said....
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
Well, what you lsit may be attributes needed for such a job, but it doesn’t endear you to the public. Far too many folks I know have had encounters with em that lasted awhile with the guy trying to find anything out of order in order to cite them for something.
It’s that kind of mentality that makes people hate government. For example, in Lake Michigan you don’t dare release even one gallon of water waste from your boat, you will get fined into the thousands and be made out to be the biggest eco criminal and polluter around. yet the Milwaukee Metro Sewer District anytime it rains a little hard, despite wasting 4 billion on a deep tunnel holding tank project, dumps hundreds of millions of gallons of partially and untreated sewage out into the lake, and they never get a single fine.
This is the hypocrisy we deal with with the DNR and their (some, not all) maniacal wardens.
Yes I see that now. I read the story now. I usually speak before I know the facts. :)
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