My dad was telling me that NPB had banned Orioles scouts from scouting at any of their games over some disagreement years ago. Anyone know if this or true or the story behind it? It’s obviously no longer the case but I’m interested into who or what pissed them off
Does anyone know if the county offers county employees paid parental leave or is it just unpaid FMLA? I work for the Montgomery county government currently and we get six weeks of paid parental leave. I was looking at a job with the Frederick county government and their benefits website is pretty vague, which leads me to believe they don’t.
Hey all I’m a current game warden in Maryland and thinking of a change in the near future. I know I missed the recent job announcement but I wasn’t ready to apply just yet anyways. Just had a few questions about the Law Enforcement side of NPS Park Rangers. I’ve googled and googled and there just doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of info out there other than the fact that they are severely understaffed, as is the rest of NPS currently.
Currently an EMT and currently working getting paramedic certification.
Do you apply to protection positions at individual parks or do you apply to the job and then if you get hired they send you to wherever they need you?
I’ve read that duties seem to vary by park depending on how the park superintendent wants to utilize you. I also read that this is changing and Park Ranger LE, in addition to changing their name to NPS Police, will have a single LE chain of command and report directly to the director of NPS. Is this true? Can you transfer to another park easily after some time if you become unhappy with how you’re utilized there but another park has what you’re looking for? For example, in my job a lot of people who go to Baltimore try to leave after a while because your solely on the boat everyday and they get bored of that so they try and go elsewhere in the state. Wasn’t sure if some people try to leave LE focused parks for more customer service focused parks or vice versa?
If you’re in an area with a lot of NPS properties are you just assigned to one? For example, in Maryland are Park Ranger LE just assigned to the C&O Canal or do they handle the Canal plus Catoctin, Mononacy, Antietam, Harpers Ferry, etc.?
Lastly, what are the changes that we’re expecting to see in the near future? I know the job title is switching to Police and they’re going to MOLLE outer carriers like you see with most police departments now. It seems like there’s a push for them to be more police than park ranger. Are there other changes happening besides the name and do you think these are temporary trump administration changes or has this been a long time coming? I know anything can happen but curious what the feeling is internally.
To end this, thank you all for what you do. NPS or state Park Ranger or LE Park Ranger. You guys and gals are amazing. I wish we gave NPS and the rest of DOI the funding they need and deserve.