Law Enforcement Cases

Deputy Director for Law Enforcement Policy and Programs Loren Good, Senior Special Agent Robert Cowan, Ranger Kelly Cole, Director for Law Enforcement William Woody

BLM recognizes ranger and special agent of the year for 2018

The Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement and Security is pleased to announce the 2018 Law Enforcement Ranger of the Year and Special Agent of the Year. Ranger Kelly Cole and Senior Special Agent Robert Cowan were recognized yesterday at an award ceremony in Washington, D.C., as part of the bureau’s observance of National Police Week.
BLM Law Enforcement and their family members wearing running apparel standing in front of a background with logos for the Police Week 5K and the sponsors of the event.

BLM Law Enforcement Professionals Run in National Police Week 5K

Bureau of Land Management law enforcement professionals from Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Montana, along with family and friends, joined thousands of their fellow officers and supporters from across the nation in the annual National Police Week 5k walk/run on May 11, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
"Stolen" and arrow pointing to highlighted mammoth tusk on the counter behind a Science Center Instructor teaching kids

UPDATE: Man Sentenced For Mammoth Tusk Theft In Alaska

On April 11, 2019, Martin Thornley Elze, 52, of Anchorage, was sentenced to serve 33 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for the 2018 theft of a 100-pound mammoth tusk from Alaska’s Campbell Creek Science Center. Elze was also ordered to pay $8,385.82 in restitution to the science center.