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the fish and game laws are most frequently violated. He should 

 study the methods of the professional game law violators. He 

 should cultivate the friendship of law-abiding people and open 

 channels for information concerning those things of which he ought 

 to get early knowledge. 



Courageous, but courteous, is a qualification which goes far in 

 the making of a good officer. A timid man can accomplish little ; 

 an overbearing one can do more harm than good. * * * 



Tactful — Poise is essential. A reputation for making arrests on 

 frivolous grounds or for being too easily persuaded to drop prose- 

 cution is alike detrimental to the deputy's chances for efficiency. 

 No hard and fast rule can be laid down as to when to make arrests ; 

 the deputy must exercise his judgment. But on general principles 

 no consideration of prominence or influence, when the offending 

 party is of the age of mature judgment, should cause the deputy 

 to deviate from his attitude of dispassionately but firmly insisting 

 that the law be vindicated. * * * 



Relations tvith other officers — The position of deputy fish and 

 game commissioner is unique as compared to other officers of the 

 state, county, or municipal governments, inasmuch as his duties are 

 at once executive, administrative and educational. While his juris- 

 diction conflicts in no way with that of other peace officers nor 

 theirs with his, yet sheriffs, constables, policemen, harbor officers, 

 and inspectors of various arms of municipal governments are all 

 in a position to render him invaluable a.ssistance. The deputy 

 should earn the confidence and respect of all such officers that their 

 cooperation may be ready and voluntary. * * * 



Under the heading "Arrest" the deputy is directed when to make 

 an arrest, how to make an arrest, what degree of force may be used, and 

 what disposition is to be made of a prisoner. What kind of expenses 

 may be incurred by the deputy in the discharge of his duties, and the 

 manner of presenting his claims for reimbursement is described under 

 the heading "Expense Claims." 



The efficiency of the patrol service has been greatly improved in the 

 past few years because of the increased facilities of transportation 

 which have been provided. Most deputies now have automobiles ; others 

 motorcycles. An allowance of a certain amount per mile, while the 

 automobile is used in connection with a deputy's work, covers expenses 

 and upkeep. The distance which can be covered in patrol work is thus 

 increased many times and the tracing of all violators made possible. 

 Four patrol boats are now in service and Evinrude motors make the 

 use of smaller patrol boats possible on the rivers during certain seasons. 

 However, a large patrol boat for use in enforcing commercial fisheries 

 regulations along the southern California coast and offshore islands is 

 essential to the proper enforcement of laws and the gathering of needed 

 scientific data. 



