Bunkerrman, thank you and thank your brother for calling in on the TIP line. I apologize if an officer was unable to respond. We try to make it to all the complaints but the numbers are not on our side. I'm running some day shifts for the entire western half of the state with 4 officers and 2 officers on evenings. Our eastern district and marine district are in pretty much the same situation.

We have no control over the license fees. I, and DEP have gotten beaten up pretty badly over the issue but the fact of the matter is that the legislature, not DEP and not EnCon Police sets the license fees. I bought all my licenses (hunting, inland/marine fishing) and if I get out once or twice a year I'm lucky, so you don't have to convince me that sportsmen (and women) are not happy with the new license fees.

All I can ask related to calling in on the TIP line is that you continue to do so. If we only get one call for one area but multiple calls for another area we have to triage our response and the multiple call areas get the attention. Until we are able to get back up to our previous number of officers we will do the best that we can with what we have.