Originally Posted by BhamFred
ya'll don't really want county deputies and municipal police enforcing game and fish laws. Seen it first hand over the years and it don't work. Most, with a few exceptions, of those officers won't get IN the woods. You really do want full time GWs enforcing those laws. You will want a real GW to answer yer call about poachers on your place.

an exception in the above statement, in my experience, would be Shelby Co Sheriffs office. When I had Jefferson and Shelby by myself for a year they were a great help to me in answering calls.


Troy, no doubt the worst thing about using the sheriff to enforce the game laws too would be the quality variation from county to county. I've no doubt it would work fine in my county right now due to the character of our current sheriff. In some counties it might indeed be worse.

But the good thing about each sheriff is that all are elected and directly accountable to the people. As it is now, a GW is accountable to Montgomery. And if given 2 new deputies, there is nothing to prevent the sheriff using those new positions to employ the same people now serving. It would probably depend on the quality of their work.

Likely a moot point anyway; such a change could only be brought about by a determined governor to lead it, and I don't see such a person.

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