State Park Ranger Joseph A. Carr

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Maryland Department of Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service, Maryland
State Park Ranger Joseph A. Carr | Maryland Department of Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service, Maryland
State Park Ranger Joseph A. Carr | Maryland Department of Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service, Maryland
State Park Ranger Joseph A. Carr

Maryland Department of Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service, Maryland

End of Watch Thursday, April 13, 1978

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Joseph A. Carr

State Park Ranger Joseph Carr suffered a fatal heart attack while making a drug-related arrest in the McKeldin Area of Patapsco Valley State Park in Howard County, Maryland.

Ranger Carr had been with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service for ten years. He was survived by his wife.

The Maryland State Park Service has since been reorganized into the Maryland State Forest and Park Service.

Bio

  • Age 64
  • Tour 10 years
  • Badge 450

Incident Details

  • Cause Heart attack

narcotics, arrest

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Ranger Carr, I came across your stone today at the overlook. You died almost a year before I was born. There is a lot of growth here blocking the view, but I suppose it’s a good metaphor. We’ve had a lot of growth in our world since you left, and perhaps now a lot of “overgrowth.” We are need of trimming both. Your memorial made me stop and pause.

Justin
A park visitor

June 9, 2022

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