GAME COMMISSION PRESENTS 27TH WCO CLASS WITH COMMISSIONS
Following 49 weeks of intensive training, the 27th Class of the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Ross Leffler School of Conservation today graduated and commissioned as Wildlife Conservation Officers (WCO) during ceremonies as Susquehanna Township High School. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin was the keynote speaker.
The 22 new officers reported to the RLSC training facility at the agency's Harrisburg headquarters on April 1, 2007. Included in their 49 weeks of classroom instruction and field training were wildlife management; law enforcement; wildlife laws and regulations; land management practices; conservation education; public relations; firearms training; and unarmed self-defense.
Game Commission WCOs are responsible for administering a wide variety of agency programs within an assigned district of about 350 square miles. Primary duties include law enforcement, responding to wildlife conflicts, conservation education, and administration of the Hunter-Trapper Education program. Officers also are responsible for supervising and training part-time Deputy Wildlife Conservation Officers.
For more information, please visit the Pennsylvania Game Commission - State Wildlife Management Agency website:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=11&Q=173694
