Land Management Plan - Part 2 Los Padres National Forest Strategy

Land Management Plan Part 2
Los Padres National Forest Strategy
Law 1 - Enforcement and Investigations
September 2005
Provide law enforcement (LE) services for safety and resource protection. Opportunities
to
supplement LE resources include but are not limited to:
• Supplement staff with law enforcement officers (LEOs) from other agencies, and by
recruiting and deploying additional reserve law enforcement officers. Pursue alternate
funding sources to supplement LE programs, such as the State of California Off-Highway
Vehicle grant program.
• Utilize cooperative agreements with local law enforcement agencies. Supplement field
personnel and provide additional law enforcement support primarily on high use weekends or
holidays when visitor use is highest,
or as a response unit in locations where LEO presence is
limited.
• Improve LE services by recruiting and employing Spanish speaking officers whenever
possible. Provide training for officers that do not currently speak Spanish. Adapt to changes
in interpreter/interpretation needs with the inclusion of people that are conversant in any of
the other languages that are, or will become, predominant in the future by recruiting these
people into the ride-along-program with the LEO cadre.
• As soon as practical develop, update, or revise Forest Orders to define the long-term
protection that apply to national forest needs.
Linked to National Strategic Plan
Goal 3 - Provide outdoor recreation opportunities, objectives 1 and 3.
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