To the [Gloucester Times] editor:
I am writing to publicly announce that the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association stands by the hard work, unique mission, and essential functions performed by the special agents and officers of NOAA's Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement.
This stand follows the recent release of a U.S. Department of Commerce's Office of the Inspector General review of NOAA Fisheries Service enforcement practices. In addition to a review of the NOAA Office of General Counsel, NOAA and its Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) senior leadership practices, the IG report also reviewed the investigations of the special agents.
FLEOA applauds the Inspector General's recognition that NOAA OLE "has limited resources to cover an increasingly complex and vast jurisdiction" in the critical mission of protecting and conserving living marine resources for the American public.