Oct 13, 2024
Crime happens, even in national parks, national forests, and
other public lands. There are murders, thefts, robberies and all
sorts of crime that we’d hope to escape by heading into the kingdom
of public lands.
It can be hard to accept that national parks are not immune from
criminals and crimes. Just this past Fourth of July there was a
horrific incident in Yellowstone National Park when a concessions
employees armed with an automatic rifle threatened to go on a
killing spree. Law enforcement rangers who responded prevented that
from happening, killing the man in the process, but it really
underscored the reality that parks are not immune from crime.
To learn more about “crime off the grid,” we’re joined today by
Tara Ross and Nancy Martinz, former law enforcement rangers in
Yellowstone who these days work to educate the public about crime
on public lands via their podcast, Crime off the Grid.