RJ
07-25-2007, 10:44 AM
New Officers Will Boost DEC Environmental Enforcement Efforts
Nine new Environmental Conservation Police Officers (ECOs) fresh out of the training academy* will soon be deployed on Long Island* Peter A. Scully* regional director of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today.
The officers were part of a class of 27 that graduated July 13 at the DEC law-enforcement academy in Fulton* N.Y. With their addition* the Long Island DEC law-enforcement unit will return to full strength (21 ECOs) for the first time in approximately two years.
ECOs focus on the enforcement of regulations regarding hazardous waste* air and water pollution and protection of fish and wildlife.
"Environmental Conservation Police Officers are often the first DEC personnel to respond to environmental complaints and potential environmental criminal and administrative cases*" Regional Director Peter A. Scully said. "They are our eyes in the field and their actions prevent environmental crimes and often lead to significant criminal and administrative cases that protect Long Island’s natural resources for all Long Islanders."
The new ECOs are: Wesley Bennet* Liza Bobseine* Timothy Fay* Fay Fuerch* Matthew Garrigan* Aaron Gordon* Christopher Lagree* Joseph Munn and Ricky Wood. They will now participate in a month-long field training under the supervision of Certified Field Training Officers.
ECO Captain Samuel Servadio was master of ceremonies for more than 300 people who attended the hour-long ceremony in Fulton* New York* with special remarks made by DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis. This ceremony concluded the 26-week* para-military training program of intensive study which included such topics as: environmental conservation; penal* criminal and vehicle and traffic laws; physical skills and firearms training; water and land search-and-rescue skills; vessel operation and navigation; and emergency vehicle operation.
Nine new Environmental Conservation Police Officers (ECOs) fresh out of the training academy* will soon be deployed on Long Island* Peter A. Scully* regional director of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today.
The officers were part of a class of 27 that graduated July 13 at the DEC law-enforcement academy in Fulton* N.Y. With their addition* the Long Island DEC law-enforcement unit will return to full strength (21 ECOs) for the first time in approximately two years.
ECOs focus on the enforcement of regulations regarding hazardous waste* air and water pollution and protection of fish and wildlife.
"Environmental Conservation Police Officers are often the first DEC personnel to respond to environmental complaints and potential environmental criminal and administrative cases*" Regional Director Peter A. Scully said. "They are our eyes in the field and their actions prevent environmental crimes and often lead to significant criminal and administrative cases that protect Long Island’s natural resources for all Long Islanders."
The new ECOs are: Wesley Bennet* Liza Bobseine* Timothy Fay* Fay Fuerch* Matthew Garrigan* Aaron Gordon* Christopher Lagree* Joseph Munn and Ricky Wood. They will now participate in a month-long field training under the supervision of Certified Field Training Officers.
ECO Captain Samuel Servadio was master of ceremonies for more than 300 people who attended the hour-long ceremony in Fulton* New York* with special remarks made by DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis. This ceremony concluded the 26-week* para-military training program of intensive study which included such topics as: environmental conservation; penal* criminal and vehicle and traffic laws; physical skills and firearms training; water and land search-and-rescue skills; vessel operation and navigation; and emergency vehicle operation.