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FWC Law Enforcement Report
January 17, 2015
The Florida FWC Division of Law Enforcement reported the following activity during the weekly period ending January 15 in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
ESCAMBIA COUNTY
Officer Pettey received several complaints from landowners in McDavid that someone had been illegally running deer dogs on their property. The landowners gave a detailed description of the dog and observed it chasing a deer. Officer Pettey responded to the area and encountered a hunter attempting to catch the dog off of private property. When Officer Pettey interviewed the subject, he admitted turning the dog loose in an attempt to kill a deer. The subject turned the dog loose on property he had permission to hunt on but it ran through four other pieces of property chasing deer. Officer Pettey issued the subject notice to appear citations for allowing his dog to run deer on unregistered private property and for allowing it to pursue wildlife without landowner permission.
SANTA ROSA COUNTY
Officer Jones was on patrol on the Eglin Wildlife Management Area near the community of Holley. He heard the sounds of a loud vehicle repeatedly being accelerated. He drove to the sounds and found an individual on a high performance ATV. The operator saw the officer approaching and fled. The officer followed through woodland trails with lights and siren activated. He found the ATV and its operator stopped near a neighborhood street. A barrier between him and the officer prevented the patrol vehicle from proceeding. The officer exited his vehicle and shouted for the operator to stop and the operator fled. The officer gave chase on foot. The fleeing operator attempted to make a turn onto another street and lost control of the ATV. The officer apprehended the suspect who then resisted arrest. The operator was charged with operating an ATV on the Eglin Wildlife Management Area, not having an Eglin Permit, fleeing from law enforcement on a motor vehicle, and resisting arrest. He was booked into the Santa Rosa County Jail.
This report represents some events the FWC handled over the past week;however, it does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement. Information provided by FWC
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4 Responses to “FWC Law Enforcement Report”
All of you people complaining about FWC restrictions should actually read the articles. If you would read carefully you would see that many of those cited are doing stupid things, such as having a pot tray and bong sitting on the hood of their vehicle. If an FWC officer arrives, instead of being cool, they start acting bizarre and draw the officers suspicion. Many of those cited wave their constitutional rights, and begin to provide the FWC officers with information, that they are not obligated to provide. If you have your documents in order, and have your kit secured properly, then there is no reason that your encounters with FWC should be nothing but brief and professional.
Sir here is my hunting license, management pass and drivers license. Try that instead of running and digging through your gear, trying to hide articles ect. Acting stupid.
Thats about the only place to have fun and ride an ATV if you live in Holley. It seems as if everything you do anymore is illegal or regulated. All FWC does anymore is write tickets. I was on a local river last spring during high water. A group of tubers came from Mobile, Al not aware of how strong the current was. I had to rescue two people and the group spent their day on a sandbar across from where they put in. When i shuttled them across, an FWC officer wrote me a ticket for not enough life vests. Maybe a 30′ ride. I beat the ticket in court citing helping people in distress. Bob’s Brother, are you with the officer on this one too ?
I hope the person arrested for attempting to elude Officer Jones gets the book thrown at him. He wrecklessly put the officer’s and his own safety in jeapordy for no good reason.
This is one of the reasons dog hunting is fast becoming a thing of the past. Not all dog hunters are irresponsible but the ones that are are often times belligerent when you ask them to control their animals. That and the fact there is simply not enough large tracts available to run dogs.