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This story gets more ridiculous the longer you watch it.
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Getting a speeding ticket from a...Game Warden?
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Depending on the state, state game wardens and state park officers have the same powers as police/sheriff's.
If it's a national park then they have all the powers of police/sheriff's, and sometimes even more as they can actually conduct a warrantless search of your vehicle. If they find anything amiss, it becomes a federal crime.
Think of a State Park Ranger as the same as a State Police or State Patrol Officer, and a National Park Ranger as a Federal Officer.
If it's a national park then they have all the powers of police/sheriff's, and sometimes even more as they can actually conduct a warrantless search of your vehicle. If they find anything amiss, it becomes a federal crime.
Think of a State Park Ranger as the same as a State Police or State Patrol Officer, and a National Park Ranger as a Federal Officer.
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That's crazy. I hunt on my own land and didn't know a game warden can just trespass at their whim. They can even grab the SD cards out of your trail cams and set up their own on your property apparently. Fuck that.
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What is this the dozenth time you type "yawn" in other people's threads? You should get some sleep then.
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3 felonies???
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Folks need to pick up the book "The Law" Published 1850, by Frédéric Bastiat and read it... It is a short at 70 pages but a worthwhile endeavor.
It can be read online or purchased from Amazon.
It can be read online or purchased from Amazon.
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I live in Massachusetts and after 9 11 the state formed a department of homeland security. As part of that activity they retitled all the game wardens to environmental police and moved them under the department of homeland security. As such they now have more authority than any other law enforcement agency in the state. There job description is still the same with the added responsibility of enforcing/investigating environmental pollution cases.
There is a state conservation area near my house that the environmental police have a headquarters building. About 1/2 the officers you see are dressed in the traditional green and tan game warden uniform and are pretty laid back. The other half are a bunch of egotistical idiots. They are dressed head to toe in black, were a military grade ballistic vest, have a side arm on their hip, one on there ankle and a M4 assault rifle on their chest. They will also be carrying enough ammo to fight a small war. These individuals are the ones giving people grief for not having their dog on a leash, stopping you and reading you the riot act over picking up your dogs waste whether they have gone or not. These folks are also out on rural roads playing traffic cop.
There is a state conservation area near my house that the environmental police have a headquarters building. About 1/2 the officers you see are dressed in the traditional green and tan game warden uniform and are pretty laid back. The other half are a bunch of egotistical idiots. They are dressed head to toe in black, were a military grade ballistic vest, have a side arm on their hip, one on there ankle and a M4 assault rifle on their chest. They will also be carrying enough ammo to fight a small war. These individuals are the ones giving people grief for not having their dog on a leash, stopping you and reading you the riot act over picking up your dogs waste whether they have gone or not. These folks are also out on rural roads playing traffic cop.
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that is correct - in many states if there is reasonable evidence a wildlife law has been been violated - a game warden can conduct a warrantless search and seize evidence in your vehicle, home or campsite. I like to tell the story about conversing with a game warden while elk hunting in CO and a group of hunters from N. Carolina proudly invited the warden into their camp to see the elk they had taken - and it was a moose they had shot - the game warden seized all their rifles , the moose and wrote them all up for the violation.
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