Jurasdiction - the local cops don't want another enforcement issue - they'll leave it to the EPOs. And there are not enough EPOs to go around - figure about 60. Take those 60 move them into the different corners of the state with hunting, Sweetwater fishing, training programs, investigations, the saltwater shorelines and some out on boats. Now you can't have these guys & gals on 7 days so cut the number a little further but then divide the day up into 3 shifts. You now have very thin coverage to actually be around to bust someone... It's sad but that's how it is. I will say that I see the RI guys more than when I lived in Mass looking for the Mass ones....
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