The game warden must have completed at least two years of college. The highway patrolman's beat is the highways, state buildings and state property.
The game warden's beat is the highways and all the physical landscape and the ocean waters of the state. One is a game warden the other is a highway patrolman.īoth are sworn peace officers. That ain't gonna happen anytime soon unless a lot of things change.įor perspective, let's compare two law enforcement officers, both 26 years old and employed for four years by their respective California state agency. Today, there is one warden for every 180,288 persons.įor California to be comparable to Florida or Texas in its fish- and game-policing force, it would need to have 750 wardens.
In 1950, there was one game warden for every 54,845 people in the state. Game wardens are responsible for protecting more than 1,000 native fish and wildlife species, more than 6,000 native plant specie, and approximately 360 endangered species yet, at any given time, there are about 200 wardens on patrol in California. With 159,000 square miles of land, California has 36 million people, 1,100 miles of coastline, about 222,000 square miles of ocean waters, 30,000 miles of rivers and streams, 4,800 lakes and reservoirs and 80 major rivers, in addition to deserts, mountains and, of course, urban areas, all of which game wardens cover. The situation is especially bad in California, and man and nature are paying a price. In other words, that's not a lot of game wardens. Nationwide, there are around 7,000 game wardens, or about as many cops as the New York Police force assigned to cover its New Year's Eve celebration. There are more than 500,000 local law enforcement officers in the United State, and 72,000 cops in New York alone.
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