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redd foxx
see below from the FWCA. Does not have to be an OPP. Any police officer appointed under the Community Safety and Policing Act is deemed to be a Conservation Officer for the purposes of the ACT.
Conservation officers
87 (1) The Minister may appoint a person or class of persons as conservation officers for the purposes of this Act. 1997, c. 41, s. 87 (1).
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(2) The following persons are conservation officers for the purposes of this Act by virtue of their office:
1. A police officer or First Nations Constable appointed under the Police Services Act.
Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, paragraph 1 of subsection 87 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: (See: 2019, c. 1, Sched. 4, s. 19)
1. A police officer or First Nation Officer appointed under the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019.
2. A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
3. A game officer designated under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 (Canada).
4. A park warden designated under the Canada National Parks Act, if he or she is acting under the direction of a conservation officer appointed under subsection (1).
5. A person whose primary employment responsibility is the enforcement of fish and wildlife laws in Manitoba, Quebec, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin, if he or she is acting under the direction of a conservation officer appointed under subsection (1). 1997, c. 41, s. 87 (2); 2017, c. 2, Sched. 14, s. 12.