San Bernardino National Forest Land Management Plan - Part 2

September 2005 Land Management Plan Part 2
San Bernardino National Forest Strategy
Law 1 - Enforcement and Investigations
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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