ORIGINAL: wayomic
...one of my companions was a State Trooper.... WILL say this, he, in his experience and training in law enforcement, has said more than once that were he to act like the WCOs he has met it would never be tolerated, either as a public relations item or as a legal one. Same with any other civic police force. Those that do act like that are quickly moved, reassigned or led to finding another feild of work.
I beg to differ. In my area the PSP act as if their $hit don't stink. Now the local police forces (small towns) I have never seen that kind of attitude.
I have seen both sides of our local WCO. He has helped my father-I-L with some ATVer problems (His land abutts PGC access lands owned by 1st energy/GPU). On the flip side he cited by B-I-Laws B-I-Law for having too many doe one year (they have since changed the wording in the digeston how many "unsold" licenses you may have). At times the local WCO does seem to be overzealous in the performance of his duties.
Oh, and a reminder. As members of that society, WE are part of those who put "you" in the position of enforcing those laws and as such it is "we" whom you work for.
Talk about talking down to...I hope you don't tell your PSP buddy that your taxes pay his salary too.
Also, just because someone hasn't taken the PGC to task for the attitude of at least some if it's officers (yet), does not mean that the problem does not exist.
Better would be that you were to take the concerns posted on sites like this to heart and forward them to your superiors and/or the persons directly responsible for the training and education of PGC field personell, especially in the regards of hunter/WCO interaction and encounter management.
I'm sure they have heard it before...but I like your suggestion. How often does this kind of information (feedback)get back to JohnS. or others that can "manage" a change, i.e. improvement? RSB? Is there an official channel or "improvement process" that we should take.
ChuckS