Bureau of Park Patrol

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) has a law enforcement contingent, referred to as the Division of Law Enforcement (DLE), consisting of sworn state law enforcement officers and special agents.

The patrol bureau is divided into 4 districts: NE, NW, SE & SW. The approximately 90 sworn state officers assigned to the patrol bureau patrol primarily state parks, state lands, state trails, wildlife management areas (WMAs), rivers, coastline and both the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Officers utilize traditional patrol cars, 4x4 sport utility vehicles, ATVs, boats, airboats, dirtbikes and bicycles.

Officers of the patrol bureau are fully constituted law enforcement officers of the state and possess statewide authority. Although dedicated primarily to the protection and conservation of state lands, parks, properties and bodies of water, officers will take law enforcement action statewide.