B LM LIBR/ ' 111 III 38 073 8 8 * ‘ HV 7561 . B87 2010 For more information, contact: BLM Office of Law Enforcement and Security do National Interagency Fire Center 3833 S. Development Ave. Boise, ID 83705 208-387-5126 BLM/WO/GI-10/004+1800 Editing, layout, and design provided by the BLM National Operations Center, Information and Publishing Services Section, Denver, Colorado. Cover inset photos top to bottom: Anasazi sandal woven with yucca, Anasazi ceramic bird effigy, Hopi polychrome jar, shell bead necklace. William Wqddy Director of Law Enforcement and Security cases, which caused indian tribes and range from 100 to degradation to fragile 10,000 years old. The BLM anticipates geological, archaeological, that additional collections of artifacts and paleontological stolen from public and tribal lands resources, were investigated will be forfeited by current and future on public lands in 2009. suspects. To date, 31 suspects have been These activities put at risk indicted with two of the suspects already the safety of the public pleading guilty to Federal felony charges. and BLM employees who Indictment of additional suspects on enjoy and work on these multiple counts of violation of ARPA federally administered and NAGPRA is expected in the near public lands. Of particular future. In addition to the Four Corners significance were the arrests investigation, on which more than 100 of multiple suspects as the BLM Special Agents, Rangers, curators, result of a 2-year undercover and archaeologists have been assigned investigation (code-named to work during this year, the Agents and Cerberus Action) in the Rangers have also dealt with numerous remote Four Corners region other investigations involving spreading of Arizona, New Mexico, large-scale marijuana cultivation Colorado, and Utah. This issues; wildland arson; and oil and gas investigation involved the investigations involving production In 2009, Bureau of Land Management trafficking of Native American artifacts verification, non-payment of royalties, (BLM) law enforcement Special Agents looted from archaeological sites and and theft of oil and gas equipment, and Rangers continued to tackle a wide Native American graves in violation of range of issues on the 253 million acres the Archaeological Resources Protection The Special Agents and Rangers who of public lands the BLM manages, mainly Act (ARPA) and the Native American serve in the BLM Law Enforcement in the Western United States. As the Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Program make up a small part of the largest land management agency in the dedicated BLM employees who work on Nation, the BLM's multiple-use mandate a multitude of public lands issues. In presents a variety of unique challenges Agents from the BLM, Federal Bureau cooperation with Federal, Tribal, State, for law enforcement personnel and staff. of Investigation, and Internal Revenue and county agencies, the BLM continues With the population of the West rapidly Service have recovered more than 30,000 to sustain the health, diversity, and expanding, and the corresponding rise priceless Native American artifacts in six productivity of the public lands for future in public demand for uses such as rec¬ States. Artifacts include whole decorated generations. reation, wildlife, energy and minerals, pottery vessels such as mugs, jars, and timber, forage, and wilderness areas, the bowls; stone carvings; ceramic effigies; BLM Law Enforcement Program faces pendants, necklaces, beads, and other increasing resource protection, public jewelry pieces made from carved shells land use, and safety issues. and bones; gaming pieces; sandals; cradle boards; stone tools; and turkey A number of criminal activities and feather blankets. These artifacts are William C. Woody, Director unauthorized use "natural resources" affiliated with ancestral southwestern BLM Office of Law Enforcement and Security Law Enforcement Y e a r - E n d Review 2 0 0 9 -:■■ Jeanne Van Lancker — Deputy Director, Dperatidns significant gains in both natural and cultural resource protection. Among Jeanne Van Lancker has worked its accomplishments this year, BLM law for the U.S. Department of Justice and enforcement continued to tackle the the U.S. Department of Education, challenges of the rapidly expanding and Offices of Inspector General; National destructive effects of illegal marijuana Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Law cultivation in the Northwest, smuggling Enforcement (NMFS OLE); the United activities in the Southwest borderlands, States Secret Service; and the University and wildland fires in the Great Basin. In of New Mexico Police Department. She addition to ensuring public safety on our was a commissioned officer in the U.S. public lands, these actions have helped Army serving as a Communications/ preserve and protect natural resources Electronics Officer in a petroleum supply and wildlife that would otherwise be unit. While with NMFS OLE, Ms. Van severely impacted. Through major Lancker was the Deputy Special Agent- investigations regarding archaeological in-Charge supervising personnel who and paleontological artifacts, BLM Special were remotely located across Alaska, It's an honor to be part of an agency with Agents and Rangers were instrumental in and was responsible for planning, such an invaluable mission. Every person preserving irreplaceable objects critical to directing, and coordinating all facets of working for the BLM made a deliberate the well-being of the Nation's cultural and their enforcement program. While with decision by coming here, to play a role in historical identity. the Secret Service, she served on the protecting our public lands and resources protection detail for the Vice President. In so that they may be passed on to future I look forward to building on the addition, she coordinated and helped lead generations. Our hope is that our public tremendous successes accomplished by the Asset Forfeiture curriculum for the lands resources—treasures both visible the BLM in 2009 and in prior years. As Secret Service, which included conducting to the eye and also hidden within—can our society continues to change—whether training on financial crimes to foreign law be appreciated for many centuries and through increasing population, urban enforcement agencies in such places as even millenniums from now, as they are spread, economic fluctuations, or other Latvia and Poland. She holds a Bachelor today. This protection task is approached means—there are correlating increases of Arts degree from Marquette University every day with great responsibility. I in public land usage and misusage. We with a major in Criminology and Law have witnessed talent, dedication, and a must be dynamic and flexible to match Studies and a minor in Military Science. work ethic—by BLM employees—that is these changes. We will continually aim second to none. to improve our organization, promote pride in our mission, increase our human In 2009, the investigative efforts capital, and make the agency more of the BLM and its partners led to effective and efficient overall. Law Enforcement Year-End Review 2 0 0 9 11 Felicia Probert Deputy Director, Policy, Programs, Budget The primary mission of the national Tactics Refresher training at FLETC's law enforcement staff is to provide the Artesia, New Mexico, facility to update framework for a professional and effective our in-house cadre of control tactics law enforcement program for the BLM. instructors. This framework includes policies and procedures that govern all aspects of Based on changes in Department of the law enforcement function including the Interior (DOI) policy and lessons training, firearms, control tactics, program learned through review of our own performance and evaluation, and strategic specific incidents, updated policies budget planning and execution. on Managing Critical Incidents and Serious Incident Reporting and Review During 2009, the national staff developed were updated and issued. Policy for and coordinated seven sessions of annual managing critical incidents defines law enforcement in-service training at roles and responsibilities and provides three regional locations to ensure that recommended guidelines for on-scene over 240 Rangers and Special Agents management of a critical incident met annual training requirements. In involving a Ranger or Special Agent. conjunction with the BLM's National Serious incident reporting and review Training Center, the national office policy updates and brings BLM policy hosted two sessions of Law Enforcement in line with recently issued DOI policy. reporting system for all law enforcement for Managers, providing training on components of the various DOI bureaus the management and supervision of BLM continued to play a lead role in the including the National Park Service and the the law enforcement function to over development of the Departmentwide U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 30 district and field managers. Fifteen automated Incident Management new hire Rangers completed the Land Analysis and Reporting System (IMARS). The behind the scenes work of the Management Police Training Program One member of the national staff national staff is vital to the continued and 10 Special Agents completed the was assigned full time to the project, effectiveness and efficiency of the BLM's Criminal Investigator Training Program serving as chair of the Governance law enforcement program. My personal at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Council and as the Contracting Officer's thanks to each and every member of the Center (FLETC). In conjunction with FLETC, Representative. When complete, IMARS staff for their continued hard work and the BLM hosted one session of Control will provide a centralized law enforcement dedication. Law Enforcement Year -End Review 2009 Jason Caffey Chief Ranger My first full year as the BLM's National an average of five teams. This year, we Chief Ranger is behind me and it was a began the expansion of the program and busy year. The Rangers in the field worked currently have 10 teams certified or in ' hard to protect the public lands and its training. The canines are all cross-trained users in incredibly diverse environments to both protect the Ranger/Handler and and encountered incidents that ranged apprehend fleeing suspects, as well as to from archaeological crimes and grave detect the odor of controlled substances. robbing to drunk driving. From northern The teams work alongside other Rangers Alaska to southern New Mexico and from in a variety of settings and locations, the heat of the desert summer to the deep adding to the safety and efficiency of cold of the northern winter, their dedication the Rangers in the field. Great things resulted in our public lands being a better, are planned for the BLM’s Police Canine safer place. Program in 2010. It was a year of significant growth for Once again, the Rangers and Special remotest areas of the Northwest, patrolling the Ranger program, with many vacant Agents across the BLM traded their remote millions of acres alone, and the next day positions being filled and new positions and often solitary patrols for assignments traveling to southern California to patrol being created. In 2009, approximately to high-visitation events across the public a temporary city of up to 200,000 people 35 new Rangers joined our ranks. All of lands of the Western United States. Several that pops up in the middle of the desert. those new Rangers then completed the times during the year, the number of The diversity of our work is one of the Field Training and Evaluation Program visitors to the public lands far exceeds the things I feel makes the job of a BLM Ranger with BLM's Field Training Officers (FTOs), ability of the local law enforcement staff one of the very best out there. marking the first year that the program had to safely patrol them. When that happens, a sufficient number of FTOs to allow the our officers gather from around the country Day in and day out, BLM Rangers continue program to be fully implemented. Now we to aid the affected office. Most notable of to carry out the noble mission of protecting are able to integrate those new Rangers these events are the holiday weekends at both the public lands and the people that into the BLM's law enforcement program in the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area use those lands. That work takes many a much more effective manner. in southern California and the Burning forms, but is often dangerous and always Man event in northern Nevada's Black challenging. I look forward to continuing The BLM's Police Canine Program is in Rock Desert. Those assignments show my work in their support and am confident the process of expansion as well. Prior the remarkable diversity in the life of a that their outstanding work will continue to 2009, the canine program consisted of BLM Ranger. One day they could be in the into the coming year. Law Enforcement Year-End Review 2 0 0 9 Thomas Huegerich Chief of Internal Affairs We are pleased to welcome Thomas Team Leader, he recently received the Huegerich to the position of Chief Shield of Bravery Award from FBI Director of Internal Affairs. Mr. Huegerich has Robert Mueller. Mr. Huegerich started his more than 16 years of law enforcement Federal career in 1988 with the U.S. Forest experience and joins the BLM after more Service serving as a Wildland Firefighter than 12 years as a Special Agent at the and Forester in Wyoming and Michigan. FBI. For the past several years, he has After nearly 2 years with the U.S. Forest been the Senior Resident Agent covering Service, he transferred to the State of Utah, western Maryland. While at the FBI, Mr. Department of Natural Resources, where he Huegerich investigated a wide range of worked as a Fire Warden in 1991 and as a criminal cases, including public corruption, Utah State Park Ranger in 1993, enforcing civil rights violations, and narco-terrorism both State and Federal laws throughout matters. He served for more than 8 years Utah. on the Baltimore SWAT Team, and as a f Law Enforcement YearyEnd Review 2009 V Dan Love - Special Agent of the Year Specifically, Agent Love was assigned as The many artifacts and other culturally the lead case agent on a joint undercover significant pieces that have been investigation conducted by the BLM and' recovered in this operation will be the FBI. The undercover investigation returned to the scientific and Native (code-named Cerberus Action) American communities. In addition to targeted suspects who had violated the returning the stolen properties to their Archaeological Resources Protection rightful owners, a secondary goal of the Act (ARPA) and the Native American operation was to significantly deter the Graves Protection and Repatriation Act future dealing and illegal excavation of (NAGPRA) to illegally obtain numerous stolen artifacts from public lands. Native American artifacts from the public lands. The operation was unprecedented, Special Agent Love's exemplary effort targeting over 50 persons suspected of on this investigation has brought great multiple counts of ARPA and NAGPRA credit upon him and the BLM. The illegal violations in the Four Corners region of removal and destruction of archaeological the United States. and Native American treasures from public lands has become a highly lucrative Dan Love, a Special Agent with the business. The cultural significance of BLM Utah State Office, is BLM's Special This investigation could not have been the artifacts that were seized is without Agent of the Year for 2009. Agent Love completed without the unparalleled a doubt of immeasurable value to the was selected for the award because dedication of Agent Love and his scientific, academic, and Native American of his outstanding work conducting coordination with the United States communities. investigations in the protection of Attorney's Office, and other Special renewable and non-renewable resources. Agents, BLM Rangers, and archaeologists. vi Law Enforcement Year-End Review 2 0 0 9 Eric Boik - Ranger of the Year Ranger Erik Boik of the BLM-Colorado Rangers. Mobile computing not only Grand Junction Field Office is BLM's allows Rangers to access drivers Ranger of the year for 2009. Ranger license, registration, and warrant Boik was selected for his outstanding information, but also to display land leadership qualities demonstrated ownership records using the BLM- while working across jurisdictional and Colorado State Office geographic organizational lines with the Mesa information system in real time. County Sheriff's Department, Colorado Division of Wildlife, Colorado State Parks, Ranger Boik's willingness to go and the Uncompahgre and Grand Mesa above and beyond the call of duty National Forests. The Grand Junction Field is exemplified in many areas of Office enjoys productive relationships his work. As the Field Ranger between law enforcement, management, Representative on the State Ranger and program specialists, largely due to Group, he has done a remarkable Ranger Boik's communication skills and job representing issues and concerns willingness to keep management and held at the field level to the program specialists informed on law leadership team. He consistently enforcement issues. disseminates information to the field in a timely and professional manner, Ranger Boik has demonstrated outstanding and maintains equally effective meetings organized by Ranger Boik to resolve in developing program innovations relationships with other law enforcement disseminate information and intelligence by taking a lead role in installing mobile groups and the general public. The Grand to partner agencies in the Grand Junction computing hardware and software for Junction Field Office enjoys outstanding area. These relationships directly impact all law enforcement vehicles used by the working relationships with other local, the BLM's ability to promote public safety Grand Junction Field Office and Mclnnis State, and Federal law enforcement and the protection of public lands and Canyons National Conservation Area organizations as a result of monthly resources. Law Enforcement Y e a r - E n d Review 2 0 0 9 Vll Bureau of Land Management Law Enforcement Organization Line Authority Total Special Agents = 96 Total Rangers = 236 12/2009 j Law Enforcement Year-End Review 2009