Our officers are trained to be courteous and to treat our publics with utmost respect. Our officers are as well trained and effective as those in any modern law enforcement agency in the country. Fagan termed as totally without merit recent allegations that conservation officers have greater authority to search and seize than do state or municipal police. The prohibition against unreasonable searches is contained in the fourth amendment to the United States Constitution and upheld in Article One of the Pennsylvania Constitution. To interpret that Section 901 of the Game and Wildlife Code supercedes those rights would be unconstitutional.
All courts suppress and disallow evidence from unlawful searches.
Concerning fiscal responsibility, officials noted there isn't another commonwealth agency audited more frequently than the Game Commission, including annual audits conducted by the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, the state treasure's office, the agency comptroller and federal auditors monitoring spending of Pittman-Robertson Funds. The Pennsylvania Game Commission welcomes your comments and suggestions to improve our Web Site in order to better serve the public. We will take your comments and suggestions into consideration as we improve our Web Site. You will not receive a response via e-mail or by any other communications.