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Article: Small warden force diminishing security

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April 8, 2006
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SACRAMENTO -- An essential corps of California officers has dwindled by nearly half, to 1950s levels, in a crisis that is leaving gaps in everything from homeland security to protecting endangered species, state officials acknowledged.

The wardens call themselves the "thin green line" that is reducing continuously.

The Department of Fish and Game blamed the problem of not being able to fill authorized warden positions -- or keep good officers -- on low pay and inadequate benefits.

Then there are the new and deadly perils in populous California that they say have forced them to carry assault rifles. Statistics show that per capita, wardens and U.S. Drug Enforcement agents have the highest ...

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