§55.2. Additional authority of commissioned wildlife enforcement agents
A. To facilitate the effective protection of private and public rights and property and life throughout the state's waterways, sea, and land, duly commissioned wildlife enforcement agents of the enforcement division of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries who have graduated from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement training academy, the Louisiana State University law enforcement training program, the Louisiana State Police Training Academy, or the University of Louisiana at Monroe law enforcement training program shall, in addition to the authority otherwise conferred by law upon such officers, be vested with the same authority and powers conferred by law upon other law enforcement officers of this state, provided that a qualification and requalification for firearms used be established within the department on at least an annual basis to insure the proficiency for firearms use by all officers vested with the authority and powers conferred herein.
B. The enforcement division of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is authorized to seek, accept, and expend state or federal funds, or both, available for purposes of enforcement.
Acts 1989, No. 236, §1, eff. June 26, 1989; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 148, §8; Acts 1999, No. 13, §1; Acts 2001, No. 185, §1.
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1992–2009 · leading case:
State v. McHugh, 630 So. 2d 1259 (La. 1994).
State v. McHugh, 630 So. 2d 1259 (La. 1994).
“R.S. 56:55.2(A). No person shall at any time, hunt, take, possess, or cause to be transported by any *1264 other person any wild bird or any wild quadruped, unless he is at the time of such act the lawful holder of an effective license for that purpose issued to him by authority…”
Theriot v. State, Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries, 661 So. 2d 986 (La. Ct. App. 1995).
“R.S. 56:55.2(A). The exclusive control of the shrimp fishery and the shrimp industry in Louisiana is vested in the [Department of Wildlife and Fisheries], which shall enforce the laws regulating same.”
Slaydon v. State ex rel. Dep't of Wildlife & Fisheries, 636 So. 2d 1151 (La. Ct. App. 1994).
“R.S. 56:55.2. Accordingly, a wildlife and fisheries agent is a peace officer with the authority to make warrantless arrests for offenses committed in his presence or upon reasonable cause.”
State v. McHugh, 598 So. 2d 1171 (La. Ct. App. 1992).
“R.S. 56:55.2(A). Article 215.1 of the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure, as well as federal and state jurisprudence, recognizes the right of a law enforcement officer to temporarily detain and interrogate a person whom he reasonably suspects is committing, has committed, or…”
Marceaux v. State, 720 So. 2d 29 (La. Ct. App. 1998).
“Additional authority is provided by LSA-R.S. 56:55.2, which states: A. In view of the vast expanse of marsh and isolated wildlife habitat extant throughout the state, and to facilitate the effective protection of private and public rights and property, particularly in but not…”
Gainey v. La. Wildlife & Fisheries Com'n, 981 So. 2d 784 (La. Ct. App. 2008).
· cites it 2× “R.S. 56:55.2(A). La. R.S. 56:55.2(A), entitled Additional Authority of Commissioned Wildlife Enforcement Agent, provides: A.”
Cason v. State Dep't of Wildlife & Fisheries, 16 So. 3d 598 (La. Ct. App. 2009).
“R.S. 56:55.2(A): To facilitate the effective protection of private and public rights and property and life throughout the state’s waterways, sea, and land, duly commissioned wildlife enforcement agents of the enforcement division of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries .”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 56:55.2(A) — 5 cases
State v. McHugh, 630 So. 2d 1259 (La. 1994).
“R.S. 56:55.2(A). No person shall at any time, hunt, take, possess, or cause to be transported by any *1264 other person any wild bird or any wild quadruped, unless he is at the time of such act the lawful holder of an effective license for that purpose issued to him by authority…”
Theriot v. State, Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries, 661 So. 2d 986 (La. Ct. App. 1995).
“R.S. 56:55.2(A). The exclusive control of the shrimp fishery and the shrimp industry in Louisiana is vested in the [Department of Wildlife and Fisheries], which shall enforce the laws regulating same.”
State v. McHugh, 598 So. 2d 1171 (La. Ct. App. 1992).
“R.S. 56:55.2(A). Article 215.1 of the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure, as well as federal and state jurisprudence, recognizes the right of a law enforcement officer to temporarily detain and interrogate a person whom he reasonably suspects is committing, has committed, or…”
Gainey v. La. Wildlife & Fisheries Com'n, 981 So. 2d 784 (La. Ct. App. 2008).
“R.S. 56:55.2(A). La. R.S. 56:55.2(A), entitled Additional Authority of Commissioned Wildlife Enforcement Agent, provides: A.”
Cason v. State Dep't of Wildlife & Fisheries, 16 So. 3d 598 (La. Ct. App. 2009).
“R.S. 56:55.2(A): To facilitate the effective protection of private and public rights and property and life throughout the state’s waterways, sea, and land, duly commissioned wildlife enforcement agents of the enforcement division of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries .”
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