Stop the proposed furloughs of police officers that protect our national parks.
Why is this important?
My husband is a police officer for the U.S. Park police and he along with 700 police officers nationwide are about to be furloughed for 14 days without pay. Not only will all the families be affected by these furloughs, but according to the Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, national parks across the country will have slower response times to criminal activities and minimal police presence. Visitors in our national parks throughout the country should be top priority when it comes to public safety, and these furloughs should be stopped.
