The Department of the Interior is restructuring the U.S. Park Police, moving its leadership one step closer to the White House by placing the chief under direct supervision of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.

In an order signed by Burgum , Chief Jessica Taylor will now report directly to Burgum or a designated official, bypassing the traditional chain of command within the National Park Service. Burgum or his designee, according to the order, “will provide strategic management and operational control of the USPP.”

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