United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-06-23 monographic deposited born digital 12 p. GA 1.13:T-RCED-98-201 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-201 P0b002ee1803a00ea f:rc98201t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-201 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-201 T-RCED-98-201 Law enforcement Land management Federal employees Intergovernmental relations National forests Investigations by federal agencies Arrests Testimony RCED GAO discussed law enforcement activities in the Forest Service, focusing on the: (1) number of employees involved in law enforcement activities; (2) costs associated with these activities; (3) interaction between the Forest Service and other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; (4) number and types of crimes committed on national forest lands; and (5) number of complaints against the agency's law enforcement staff.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) in fiscal year 1997, the Forest Service's law enforcement program included 708 agency staff, including law enforcement officers, special agents, reserve law enforcement officers, and administrative staff; (2) the cost of law enforcement in the agency was about $68.5 million; (3) this included about $43.8 million in salaries, $18.4 million in support costs, and $6.3 million in reimbursements to state and local law enforcement agencies for assisting with law enforcement activities on national forest lands; (4) in 1996, there were 3,481 offenses involving serious misdemeanors and felonies such as assault, grand theft, and murder, and 118,596 petty offenses such as careless driving, discharging a firearm, use of firecrackers, alcohol violations, and permit violations; (5) there were 4 complaints against Forest Service law enforcement personnel in 1992; 13 complaints in 1993; 20 complaints in 1994; 25 complaints in 1995; 11 complaints in 1996; and 14 complaints in 1997; and (6) the Forest Service has a system to track the investigation and resolution of complaints against law enforcement staff. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-201/html/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-201.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-201/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-201.pdf GAO/T-RCED-98-201 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-201 Testimony GAO/T-RCED-98-201; Forest Service: Information on Law Enforcement Activities; Law enforcement Land management Federal employees Intergovernmental relations National forests Investigations by federal agencies Arrests