Pennsylvania Lawmaker Wants To Hamstring Wardens
You can read the full story here: PA Lawmaker Wants To Rein In Game Deputies.
Published July 05, 2008 01:04 am – Calling them “cowboys with guns,” a state lawmaker wants to strip part-time deputy game wardens of much of their power following his son’s citation from a deputy.
Lawmaker would rein in game deputies
LANCASTER (AP) _ Calling them “cowboys with guns,” a state lawmaker wants to strip part-time deputy game wardens of much of their power following his son’s citation from a deputy.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s deputy wildlife conservation officers have arrest powers, but lack sufficient law enforcement training, according to State Sen. Gibson Armstrong of Refton.
“These deputies have too much power,” the Republican, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, told the Intelligencer Journal of Lancaster. “They can arrest anyone, anywhere, at any time, and they’re not professionals. They’re cowboys with guns.”
Armstrong proposed an amendment that would take away deputies’ powers to go on private property, stop and inspect vehicles, search people, cabins or camps, or even operate state law enforcement vehicles with lights and sirens.
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Boy if this isn’t crybaby retribution, I don’t know what is. Even if the son was wrongly charged (yeah right) and convicted (he plead guilty!), the systemic gutting of an entire department is petty. Voters need to get rid of this Boss Hogg wannabe.
