State/Provincial Environmental Enforcement.
Many countries have state policing organisations that are responsible for law enforcement at the state level. For example, Australian, the USA and Germany all have state police services with particular territorial jurisdiction. The realms of responsibility range from controlling traffic to the apprehension of offenders within their state borders. Generally, most state police services do not enforce environmental laws or regulations and have far less effect on the control of industry or business activities. When state police services do become involved with environmental crimes, it is normally the result of other investigations. However, there are some state law enforcement services that have specialised environmental law enforcement units that respond to environmental crimes.
USA: Massachusetts
The Environmental Strike Force (ESF) is an interagency unit comprised of law enforcement officials from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Environmental Police officers from the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental Law Enforcement, state police, and prosecutors from the Office of the Attorney General. The Strike Force gathers evidence during investigations against alleged environmental offenders. The Massachusetts Environmental Strike Force is responsible for enforcing environmental laws, licensing and registering boats and recreational vehicles. These environmental police officers work in the seven inland and coastal regions of the state and are responsible for enforcing a wide variety of laws and regulations relating to the environment. Environmental law enforcement officers also investigate cases of illegal waste disposal, wetlands violations, and assist in search and rescue efforts
