Comments on: Meet the Future

By: Douglas2

Douglas2 — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:50:41 +0000

Well, in the Berkshires we've been able to police our own illegal waste disposal without their help. Although it really stinks when you prepare all those twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy pictures with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back
of each one and then... Oh never mind.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:53:45 +0000

Bullcrap. That may be part of their duties (what ever happened to simple "Fish and Game"?), but a simple perusal of their site lists some of these other "tasks" of the six, (count 'em) divisions of your "fish and game laws" organization:

* investigate cases of illegal waste disposal and wetlands violations
* helicopters when necessary (for fish and game?)
* wildlife management areas, boat access sites
* "Environmental Strike Force"
* scientific and investigatory skills of the Department of Environmental Protection
* illegal hazardous and solid waste disposal
* water pollution, air quality violations
* illegal pesticide application
* violations of wetland protection statutes
* patrol the coastal waters in numerous smaller craft as well as with aircraft
* investigation of marine theft cases
* closely monitors ATV use on beaches (excluding their own, no doubt)
* investigations involving disputed motorboat titles and registrations
* recovers substantial sales and excise tax revenue to the Commonwealth each year
* informs and educates the public through the development of media campaigns designed for TV, radio, and the print media
* responsible for the investigation of all motorboat and recreational vehicle accidents that cause substantial property damage, serious injuries, or fatalities
* generating and maintaining accurate and current records of all motorboats, ATV’s and snowmobiles titled and/or registered in the Commonwealth
* provide a revenue stream to assist in the enforcement of the Commonwealth’s environmental regulations and for the education programs offered to our constituency groups.

Warren's description is dead-on accurate: these are the Environmental Police. Achtung, baby!

By: Bill L

Bill L — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:02:45 +0000

These officers enforce fish & game laws.

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dle/welcome.htm

By: Rich S.

Rich S. — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:41:35 +0000

Hmm. Two stroke marine motors. SUVs. Pickup trucks. Seems like any other government operation: The rules we enforce don’t apply to us.

By: Larry Sheldon

Larry Sheldon — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:34:36 +0000

Those pictures annoy me.

Are you OK? Will you be posting something else soon?

By: jnicklin

jnicklin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:21:02 +0000

I hope all those vehicles are electric powered, especially that boat with the honking big motors. Quis custodiet ipso custodies?

By: Lance

Lance — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:15:06 +0000

Leave it to the People’s Republic of Massachusetts to deploy armed Enviro-troopers.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:03:13 +0000

The first picture was taken at this location, Newport, RI:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=newport+RI&ie=UTF8&ll=41.471432,-71.336938&spn=0.004847,0.004715&t=h&z=18

The other two photos are from the Photo Gallery section of this site:

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dle