From Deseret News archives:
DWR higher-ups wink at low-level hot-dogging
While the conduct of certain officers is the obvious focus of citizen complaints, the reason this occurs is that those above them in positions of authority and responsibility have failed in their duty to see that the public is treated properly. In the words of that old Indian wildlife management saying, "When the fish begins to rot, the head stinks first."
On the first day of last year's general buck season, a DWR officer, thinking he was driving along a boundary road separating two hunting regions, came upon my son, Tom, and two companions. The young men were properly schooled, licensed, dressed and armed. Tom had just shot his first deer, cleaned it properly, tagged it and hauled it to his pickup. The officer asked him where he shot it. Tom pointed to the area. He then asked where he had dragged it up to the road, and Tom again pointed to the spot. The officer then asked to see his permit, determined that he had shot the deer on the wrong side of the road and informed him he was being cited for illegally taking a protected species, a violation carrying a $500 fine and a criminal record.
There was no confrontation. The men were cooperative. My son's first deer was confiscated.
From the get-go it was clear that there were two elements to this incident. One was the officer's authority to issue the citation, which no one ever questioned. The other was the officer's erratic conduct, the use of self-incrimination, a questionable search, and DWR's sloppy work on boundary descriptions.
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