Beyond the reservoir: Watershed rangers have many responsibilities
Dylan Slagle/Staff PhotoBaltimore City Watershed Ranger Sgt. Antoine Smith approaches the rock outcropping where a drowning occurred July 18 while paroling Liberty Reservoir off Deer Park Road near Finksburg Sunday.
Posted: Monday, July 26, 2010 12:00 am | Updated: 12:14 am, Mon Jul 26, 2010.
At 4:40 p.m. Sunday, Sgt. Antoine Smith put his police lights on, blared his siren and drove quickly to Owings Mills on a hit-and-run call.
"Two black males hit a car and got out and ran," he said. "They probably stole the car and hit somebody."
As he communicated with Baltimore County Police by radio, he canvassed wooded areas behind apartment buildings and around the Owings Mills Mall. He even checked a large recycling container, with his gun drawn, in case the fugitives were hiding in there.
It was one of the many hats Smith would wear Sunday as a Baltimore City Watershed Ranger. While his primary responsibility is to patrol Liberty Reservoir, he has the power to enforce the laws in several jurisdictions, including Baltimore City and the counties of Baltimore, Carroll, Howard, Harford and Anne Arundel, all of which have residents that are served by one of the three city-owned reservoirs.
"We do everything municipal police do, but our biggest hat is natural resources," he said... http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/article_52c458c4-986b-11df-a8fa-001cc4c002e0.html?mode=story
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