Body worn throughout the d. O. I. In response d. O. I. Issued a new draft about Body Worn Camera policy. The Leadership Council for human rights and dozens of other organizations came together in 2015 to release basic civil rights principles for Body Worn Camera usage. Though turned those principles into eight criteria for which to evaluate body camera policies. We measured interiors policy against the leadership criteria. Interiors draft interim policy only fully met one of eight criteria. Thats an 88 failure rate. 88 . The deficiencies are significant. The policy isnt publicly available. It doesnt limit Biometric Technologies like facial recognition. It doesnt prevent the officer from seeing footage before writing a report about an incident. In fact, on many of the important questions like those the interior policy says that bureau should decide. That creates an inconsistent set of basic civil protections that will change depending on which bureaus Law Enforcement officer you run int
He has written numerous works on strategy and security. More recent military topics. He is a highly regarded journalist and is currently the fox news strategic analyst and a member of the hoover military working group at stanford university, and currently lives in washington. In his title today is the human side of human war leadership. So, please welcome colonel peters. [applause] col. Peters good morning, ladies and element. Ladies and gentlemen. My publisher would be delighted if you buy my books, but one of the most important institutions and the United States of america the National Parks service. Whenese Turbulent Times people and government are looking for what to cut, the National Parks service already does more with less than any Government Institution i have ever known. But at some point, less is just less. Our National Parks have the normas backlog of maintenance of has to be done, worthwhile new initiatives, and their budget in washington is basically a lobbyist tip. When y
And let me just leave you my definition of leadership as i think about stewart udall. Leadership demonstrates an unwavering philosophical underpinning of service to others. Anchored in humility, courage, humanity, and gratitude. And if you were to take a look at those whom we have honored as a people in your National Park system, theres a lesson there. There are those who have given of themselves, who have given of themselves, that in the end as the people of the nation, those are whom we honor most of all. Its interesting. Just take a look at those individuals by name. Those have been of service to others. That is the american legacy. To honor those who have given to others. Lastly, before we open it up to questions, on this centennial. Yes, august 25th is a big day. And i know you historians like to traffic in facts. So contrary to popular belief, i was not there for the signing of that act in 1916. Ive been around a long time but not that long. With respect to the centennial and the
Historians anymore meeting about the agencys origins and its current challenges. This is 1. 5 hours. Welcome to this session. We hope more and be coming in. I know you are giving up your cocktail hour. We are going to have a reception a black curtain. He were all cordially invited. I will make some introductions. We will proceed after the introductions i will talk a bit about the collaboration and about promised the report which was commissioned by the national by members ofone oah and issued a few years back. Right,nding here to my grew up in fort worth. He was recruited into a summer seasonal job while he was a college. T houston that began a long career now stretching out some 54 years. As a stalwart member of the National Park service. He started in grand teton National Park. He worked his way all the way to the top when bill clinton appointed in director of the National Park service from 19972001. Before that, he was superintendent of National Capital park in the washington dc are
Wilderness society for some few decades or more, and as of 2014, serves as vice chair of the organizations governing townsy. Council. My own role working with the National Parks service goes back to the first collaborative agreement signed in 199495 when i was president of oah and ive worked in philadelphia with the Independence National historic parks and others and was one of the coauthors of imperilled promise that ill speak about after bob stanton talks, and i was a member of the Second Century Commission which delivered the report to congress on the state of affairs in the National Parks service. So with those introductions, ill turn to bob stanton, whos going to reflect on all these years in the Parks Service and some of the problems he sees. He or she is a better citizen with a keener appreciation of living here in the United States, who has toured the National Parks. Steven mather, the first director of the National Parks service. Good afternoon. Its a pleasure to be with you.