Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility had obtained an internal memo from Jennifer Flynn, the Park Service’s associate director for visitor and resource protection, that noted the drop in agents. Part of the memo, which went out to regional Park Service directors and superintendents, said the shortage of agents meant that the remaining agents will not get involved with “felony investigations of property crimes, and crimes against society such as serious drug-related offenses.”
According to PEER, the latest annual report (2020) from the NPS Investigative Services Branch estimates that felony investigations of property crimes and serious drug-related offenses represent approximately one-fifth of the current workload.
