Wildlife Officers
The department employs wildlife officers to protect California's wildlife and natural resources. DFW Wildife Officers are armed law enforcement officers with statewide arrest authority. They enforce California state laws related to hunting, fishing, pollution, endangered species, and wildlife habitat destruction. Vehicles used range from the patrol pickup to boats, catamarans, four-wheelers, snow-mobiles, horses, helicopters, and planes. The officers investigate, collect evidence, serve search warrants, arrest criminals, and ensure public safety. Officers patrol the state of California and 200 miles (320 km) off the coast.
The Department of the Interior, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service appoint DFW Wildlife Officers as U.S. Law Enforcement Officers. A few hundred Wildlife Officers patrol the state.
Read more about this topic: California Department Of Fish And Game
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