09-Feb-22 09:24 AM
URL: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/rhodeisland/jobs/3411876-0/environmental-police-officer-trainee-dem
Company / Organization: State of RI Dept of Environmental Management
Type: Full-time
State or Country if outside US: Rhode Island
Application Deadline: 14-Feb-22
Description:

Posting is for a Trainee position. Following graduation from the Municipal Police Training Academy, said Trainee shall be appointed to the classification of "Environmental Police Officer I (DEM)" and receive pay raise. In the Division of Law Enforcement of the Department of Environmental Management to assist, as a Trainee, in the enforcement of a variety of state laws pertaining to the protection and conservation of the natural resources of the state. As assigned, on foot, by boat, or by vehicle to assist in patrolling the fields, woodlands, streams, ponds, lakes and waters of the state for the purpose of enforcing a variety of state laws and certain federal laws, such as the state fish, game and shellfish laws, the state and federal boating laws, the state forest fire laws and the federal migratory bird laws and related rules and regulations. To assist in arresting without warrant and on view any person found violating the laws, rules or regulations of the state and to investigate complaints, issue warnings, execute all warrants, serve subpoenas, to prepare summonses, arraign violators and to give evidence in courts of law. To assist in the enforcement of all laws, rules and regulations pertaining to: invertebrates and plants; fresh water wetlands, dams and resources, boating safety; solid and hazardous waste transportation, storage and disposal and any other laws regarding solid and/or hazardous wastes; water and air pollution and open burning; agriculture, farmland and pest control; state parks, reservations, management areas and game preserves; the opening and closing of areas within the coastal waters to the taking of any and all types of fish, lobsters and shellfish. See website for further details, requirements, and application instructions

Requirements:

Education: Such as may have been gained through: graduation from a college of recognized standing with a Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Natural Resources or related discipline OR Graduation from High School and three (3) years experience in a full time environmental law enforcement position with powers of arrest which may be substituted for the required bachelor's degree. See website for further details, requirements, and application instructions.

Point of Contact: Lt Michael Schipritt