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for the education of the public in the reasonableness of the game laws, the 

 fact of the protector's assignment to a particular section does not limit his 

 activities to that territory. The protectors are encouraged to assist 

 brother protectors in neighboring divisions, and to work with them where 

 circumstances make co-operation advisable or necessary, and in addition 

 the protectors are frequently sent to distant parts of the State. Habitual 

 law violators soon become acquainted with the habits of the local protector, 

 and devise clever systems of keeping tab on the protector's movements. 

 It is, therefore, often necessary to bring in from other sections men who are 

 not known locally, in order to secure convictions of this class of violators. 

 There are times during the year when as many as thirty protectors are 

 assigned to special work in other protectors' territory for periods of several 

 weeks. In order to gain results, the visiting protector must have a thorough 

 knowledge of local conditions and of the ends he is expected to accomplish. 

 These matters are planned by the assistant and division chiefs, and the 

 details are worked out for weeks in advance. 



Supplementing the monthly meetings of the division and assistant 

 chiefs at Albany, the field chiefs get their men together at regular intervals 

 at some point in their division, so that they can go over with them 

 collectively and individually the work of game law enforcement in their 

 respective sections. The evidence for pending actions is carefully 

 considered at these meetings, and advice given as to the conduct of cases. 

 Plans are made for future action, and protectors assigned for special lines 

 of work. Novel questions of law are continually arising, and often as a 

 result of points brought up in these meetings the legal department is 

 consulted for an authoritative ruling. 



At the monthly meeting of the assistant and division chiefs in Albany 

 similar matters are taken up. The work of the divisions is co-ordinated, 

 and division chiefs co-operate with each other in carrying out plans for 

 the enforcement of the law. The protectors make reports at the end of 

 each week to the chief in charge of their division, and monthly reports 

 to the chief protector at Albany. These reports are discussed at the meet- 

 ing, and the work of each block summarized upon a special report made by 

 the chief of each division. Every protector on the force is rated according 

 to his record, credit being given him not only for his success in securing 

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