I have spent a lot of time in the Navajo, Hopi and Ute reservations and have become acquainted with police officers who work for those jurisdictions. One thing I noticed is how little they often have in the way of resources and manpower to effectively and safely do their job.
Yesterday, I ran across a Navajo Law Enforcement Park Ranger. Among enforcement agencies, parks and game enforcement even has fewer people doing the job under adverse conditions and without any back up. Often their radio channels are not even monitored by concurrent jurisdictions, so when true need for help happens, long delays occur. I could just imagine this lone ranger working the sandstone canyons of the Monument Valley relying on his own skill at self-preservation. The Navajo nation has a traditional problem with its police officers not having help sometimes within even a hundred miles of where they are, and I imagine this ranger had even less help available.
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Greg
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