Posted December 30, 2015 9:00 am by Comments

By Vanessa Torres

Michigan Law Enforcement News
Michigan Law Enforcement News
Michigan DNR MDNR
Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Michigan -(Ammoland.com)- Twenty-four potential new conservation officers will report Sunday, Jan. 3, in Lansing to attend the Department of Natural Resources’ conservation officer training academy.

The Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards-sanctioned academy will be led by the DNR’s Law Enforcement Division employment and training section.

The 24 recruits will complete a 22-week training academy that includes 14 weeks of basic police training and eight weeks of more specialized conservation officer training. Following graduation, the probationary conservation officers will then complete 18 weeks of field training. During the first two years after field training completion, the conservation officers will complete four additional weeks of specialized training, including search and rescue training and marine, waterfowl, snowmobile and trapping enforcement training.

There are 22 men and two women in Recruit School No. 7. Seven of the new recruits are military veterans and three are previous law enforcement officers. Upon academy graduation, the recruits will range in age from 21 to 45.

DNR conservation officers serve a distinct role in Michigan’s law enforcement community. They are certified police officers with the authority to enforce all of Michigan’s criminal …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand

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