Neil Hamada with the BLM ECFO gave this brief report over the phone to Jerry Seaver today. Jerry emailed it to the TRT members.

ISDRA, T-day Weekend 2004

Visitation 2004- 192,462 Last Year-158,000

79 Vendors

Citations written:
ICSO-956
San Diego County Sheriff Office- 328
BLM -712

Medical Aids - 194 Last Year-142

Arrests - 29

DUI -19

Evictions - 31

Staff paid by El Centro - 162
Staff paid by others -92

The San Diego Sheriffs were paid 1/2 by BLM funding from Washington and not Fee money and 1/2 by ICSO.

evictions?

yea you know like get the f@#k outa here

any chance of finding out what the violations handed out were for?

Is there any chance of an explanation of the several different reports that seem to indicate excessive force was used on law abiding citizens during some sort of riot maneuvers? I think it would be good to hear the blm's explanation for their pepperball actions..at least we'd have heard from both sides of this important issue.

Seems to me that people who were shot at and abused and feel it was unwarranted need to flood the imperial county supervisors meeting and give direct first hand accounts of how this situation is getting out of control.

Perhaps there needs to be an accountability program set up for pepperspray ball ammunition for the leo's. From the sound of the reports, there had to have been hundreds of rounds of them expended. Wouldn't you think that a LEO should be required to report on and justify each and every round discharged from any sort of weapon lethal or non-lethal? It would certainly seem professional for such a policy. Then a person would be able to ask for the ammunition useage reports, and it would be very hard for the blm to play ostrich.

"Wasted stock." Paintballs go bad, especially under the conditions out at the dunes. That's a way to hide a couple cases of spent ammo.