My deepest sympathies. Hopefully a thorough and detailed review of how this was handled and maybe something can be figured out how to prevent something like this happening again. I’m reasonably sure existing policies and procedures were followed in this case (no reports so far that they weren’t) but maybe there is a procedural tweak than can be made going forward.
Yes. "Margaret's Law", coming soon to a Fascist legislature near you...
From what I’ve heard from other rangers it was treated like we treat a gate runner; i.e. someone (usually a non english speaking tourist) goes through the employee lane at the entrance booth without paying to get into the park. Not usually something that causes increased caution, though I think a lot of us will now. It was a normal traffic stop (and yes there are safety procedures we are trained to do like any LE) but the guy got out of the car too fast and just started shooting with a shotgun before Anderson could do anything. She did call in to dispatch for assistance but no one could really get to her because the guy was still shooting at other responding officers. There probably wasn’t much that could have been done to prevent this, it’s just a terrible thing.