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Laugh as you may, but most states, including the so-called free states have the equivalent of the NYS DEC Police. They may not be a separate police department with its own boated bureaucracy, but they do exist as a divison of the state police, department of wildlife, department of forestry, department of parks & recreation, whatever. Sometimes they are simply called "game wardens." In fact, there is a reality show on one of the granola cable stations called "Alaska State Troopers," which often features a division within the department that focuses on the enforcement of environmental laws like hunting, fishing, illegal dumping, etc. There's a similar show about game wardens in Maine. The NY DEC does just about the same thing.

The NYS DEC police are particularly visible this time of the year with the opening of the deer and black bear hunting season (for firearms) on November 16th. In addition to deploying in upstate NY where 99% of the hunting takes place, they are out in force checking tags and manning stations in NYC and Long Island where they are more likely to find evidence of illegal hunting activity.

Not quite laughing...mocking really. I mean really really mocking. Hard ruthless mocking such as will cause hoped for sexual performance issues amongst their rank and file.

My state has the DNR “Rangers” (Bambi Brigade or Tree Ninjas as we call them here in the woods) complete with nifty DHS supplied zodiacs(? sic)pulled behind shiny new 1 ton Surburans.....dark green enough to pass for black in a police state pinch complete with darkened windows.

I saw them assist a year back in an inter-agency drill with REAL police by “closing off waterways” (interstate underpass creeks really that you can step across) complete with watercraft in tow as part of securing “Capital City” from mock infiltration?...or most likely zombie exfiltration field exercise.

Americans are so fixated on roads....the city boys in charge never learned squat from Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq, or Afghanistan.

Hope they never do.