- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police Common name New York State Environmental Conservation Police Abbreviation NYSDECPD 
Patch of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police. Agency overview Formed 1880 Preceding agency New York State Game Protectors Legal personality Governmental: Government agency Jurisdictional structure Operations jurisdiction* State of New York, USA 
New York map showing DEC regions Legal jurisdiction New York Constituting instrument Chapter 591 of the Laws of 1880 General nature Specialist jurisdiction Environment, parks, and-or heritage property. Operational structure Headquarters Albany Conservation Officers 305 Agency executive Peter Fanelli, Director of Law Enforcement Parent agency New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Website Division of Law Enforcement Footnotes * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police is the police force of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Members of the DEC Police are New York State police officers. As the uniformed law enforcement representative of the Department of Environmental Conservation, the ECO is the person in the field responsible for the enforcement of the environmental laws and regulations of New York and for the detection and investigation of suspected violations.[1]
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Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the New York State Game Protectors, 8 officers have died in the line of duty.[2][3]
Officer Date of Death County Details Game Protector Samuel S. Taylor Sunday, April 5, 1914 Oneida County Gunfire Game Protector John H. Woodruff Thursday, November 19, 1914 Schenectady County Assault Game Protector Harvey B. Cruikshank Tuesday, June 8, 1926 Washington County Struck by lightning Game Protector William T. Cramer Sunday, September 29, 1929 Queens County Gunfire Game Protector Paul Du Cuennois Sunday, October 16, 1932 Warren County Drowned Game Protector Clarence J. Webster Thursday, November 16, 1944 Washington County Automobile accident Game Protector Benning W. De La Mater Saturday, June 24, 1961 Albany County Drowned Conservation Officer William Becker Wednesday, March 11, 1981 Suffolk County Drowned See also
- New York State Forest Rangers
- New York State Park Police
- List of law enforcement agencies in New York
- Game warden
References
A New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police car on the New England Thruway. External links
Categories:- Environment and heritage law enforcement agencies
- Specialist police departments of New York
- 1880 establishments
- State law enforcement agencies of New York
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