LDF Approves NPS Rangers for Coverage

Saturday, November 17, 2007

HEADQUARTERS - National Park Service Rangers will soon have additional protection. Business Manager Chris Darker announced today that the Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC) Legal Defense Fund (LDF) will work with Local 792 to cover their NPS Rangers. UPEC began representing NPS Rangers in July 2007 in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). Darker met with the LDF Trustees this week in Southern California. “This decision by the LDF trustees is huge for our Rangers”, stated Darker. The Fund will offer civil and criminal coverage/representation. Darker also assisted LIUNA representatives from the LIUNA Midwest Region this past week in gaining approval for coverage for their law enforcement officers in Illinois and hopefully in the near future for officers in Missouri.