The Lower Reach of the Parkway, as we outlined in our 2005 report on our website, www.arpps.org, is also in dire need of some effective law enforcement presence, and maybe the Sherriff will consider returning there, maybe on horseback to see into the many illegal camping sites ruining the use of that area of the Parkway by the adjacent community.
Sheriff gets Folsom Dam security pact
By Ed Fletcher - Bee Staff Writer
Published 12:00 am PST Wednesday, January 24, 2007
For nearly 50 years the Folsom Dam had nearly no security force.
Sept. 11, 2001, changed everything.
In an effort to further beef up security initiated after the 2001 terrorists attacks, the federal agency that manages the reservoir has tapped the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department to secure the 340-foot-high concrete structure that keeps Folsom Lake from crashing down on Sacramento residents.
"Sacramento County has decided to take an active role on securing Folsom Dam because it is Sacramento County that benefits from having a lake in our backyard and would suffer from a failure," said sheriff's Capt. Stephen Leibrock.
The county Board of Supervisors signed off on the department's contract with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Tuesday.
