A little more info than in yesterday's post...and damn, I have to agree with PEER. Forest Service, how could you do this to me!
There's also this:
Officials with the Coronado National Forest and the Regional US Forest Service office in New Mexico said they were unable to answer our questions in regards to this quota, and directed us to contact their headquarters in Washington, DC.
Want to know why the Regional office wouldn't answer questions? Because these LEOs don't report to the Regional Forester. In 1993 they were stripped out from under the line officers and placed under Law Enforcement & Investigations in the D.C. office. They are a completely independent organization, reporting only to the chief (and I recall one Congressional hearing where it was determined they seldom reported to the chief). Its time to bring them back under the line managers and make them once again part of the Forest Service.
Here is the email referred to, clearly indicating they have a quota system in place.
From: Lucero, Aban -FS
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 9:56 AM
To: FS - -pdl r3 lei captains; Orona, Martin-FS; Dobson, Aaron W-FS
Cc:Poague, Robin-FS
Subject:FY 13 Officer Statistics
Good morning Captains, please see attached FY 13 Officer Statistics Report generatedthis morning. Please take a look at the numbers and share with your LEOs.You know better than I do if there is reason for concern. You know what LEOs were on details,light duty, had recruits and so forth.Again, please address any issues yousee. Understand, Director Ferrell has clearly indicated his expectations of LEOs issuing a minimum of 100 VNs per year, and as you can see we have approximately 70% of LEOs(excluding BZ) who fall below that number. I know for FY 13 we hired new LEOs, had LEOs doing collateral duties as FTOs, LEOs on light duty and other circumstances.
For FY 14, I expect these numbers to increase substantially......If anyone has any questions, please feel free to call me......Thank you......ABAN
For FY 14, I expect these numbers to increase substantially......If anyone has any questions, please feel free to call me......Thank you......ABAN
Aban Lucero
Regional Patrol Commander
Law Enforcement & Investigations
USFS Southwestern Region
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Office (505) 842
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