U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Headquarters, United States Park Police date made 1976 ID Number 1982.0137.01 accession number 1982.0137 catalog number 1982.0137.01 Object Name ...

A man was charged with trespassing, tampering and vandalism on Tuesday night, the United States Park Police said. Efforts to clean the monument’s base could take days, a park service spokesman said.

The U.S. Park Police is one of the oldest federal law enforcement agencies in the United States. It functions as a full-service law enforcement agency with both state and federal authority.