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-Well, hey, the reason I'm here, you've got some bait out here. - OK.
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Are you aware the county's closed to baiting?
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-Why don't you grab your stuff?
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- OK. -You're done for the night.
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He knows that.
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It's been that way for almost 20 years now.
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-Oh, perfect. - There's a scale there.
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All right, so obviously you all lying to me.
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So you're getting charged with possession
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of marijuana tonight.
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What were you shining with tonight?
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You can't shine at all in November.
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We're gonna be flying over an area that has officers
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on the ground and our job tonight will be to locate shiners
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and then relay that information to the ground.
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Conservation Officer.
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Wild animals
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and wild places. They're more than a picture.
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They're inspiration, excitement, and adventure.
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Patrolling and protecting these natural resources is
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a first-class band of peace officers.
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These are the wardens, dedicated to the preservation
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of our great outdoors.
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The start of Michigan firearm deer season is
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the busiest patrol period of the year
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for the state's conservation officers.
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But the days leading up to November 15th are busy too,
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as COs in Michigan's District 5 monitor the rural counties
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along Lake Huron.
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Trapping season's open at that time, waterfowl season.
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There's a bunch of different activities for outdoor...
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things going on around then.
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Leading up to the firearm deer season, that's one of
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our biggest issues right now is contacting hunters
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that are using bait in these no-bait counties.
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Their plan for the night is to search for people
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shining for deer.
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Shining is not allowed on public land at any time
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during the month of November in the state of Michigan.
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I mean we want it to be a fair chase situation and obviously
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it's not hunting if you're throwing a light and shooting
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deer over a light, so definitely gaining an advantage, and we
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don't obviously want to promote that in any way, shape, or form.
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When the bigger bucks are out at, you know, it seems to be
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at night, that's when they're gonna be out
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with the lights looking for deer, and that's why we have
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fair chase laws and things like that in the state of Michigan
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that allow people to hunt during the day.
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There's a safety issue with that.
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There's, you know, a fairness to it.
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One of the various ways the Michigan DNR looks for
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illegal shining activity is by putting spotters up in a plane.
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When the spotters see something, they radio officers
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on the ground below.
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Spotlight.
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Yep, yep, kind of like...
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shining on the passenger side.
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We'll obviously be able to get up in the air.
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They can see many more miles.
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They can see a lot more than what one person
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in one spot can see.
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It just gives us a huge advantage to look over
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a large area and be able to move guys into the right positions
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to make the stops, whereas you'd only see
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a small glimpse of that if you were on the ground.
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But before it gets dark enough for the plane
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to start spotting shiners, CO Casey Pullum checks on
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a bow hunter he thinks is using bait.
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Baiting has been banned for nearly 20 years in
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Conservation Officer Pullum's district.
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Yet he isn't surprised when he finds someone
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hunting over bait.
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Even though we have a no-baiting law,
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people are still gonna bait. and we're seeing, in this area,
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about 85% of the people still bait.
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And even though it's illegal to bait, and there are stiff fines
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for it, it's just one of the things that's been
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ingrained in them, apparently, that they just,
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they have to bait to shoot deer.
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That's just not true.
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Michigan's bow season opens October 1st, a month and a half
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prior to the firearm opener.
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If you look inside there, you can see they've got obvious,
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they've got bait bags in there. They're definitely baiting.
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All right.
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Bait bags everywhere. There's bait,
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there's corn in the back of that four-wheeler.
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Conservation Officer, come on out of the blind.
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How you doing tonight?
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- Haven't seen nothing. -Nothing?
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Nope.
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-All right. - Squirrels.
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Yeah? Got anything this year?
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- Nope. - All right.
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-Well, hey, the reason I'm here, you got some bait out here. - OK.
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Are you aware this county's closed to baiting?
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- I thought it was the next county. -Both counties,
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we got four counties up here that are closed.
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They've been closed for 20 years, almost 20 years, so.
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-Got your hunting license on you? - Yep.
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How many more blinds you got baited out here?
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- I got one other one. -One other one across the road?
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- Yep. -OK -- why don't you grab your stuff?
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- OK. -You're done for tonight,
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we're gonna head back to the truck,
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and you're gonna get a ticket for this.
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We also got some issues with your ORV use out here.
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OK, what's wrong with my ORV?
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In addition to baiting, the hunter was also operating
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an ORV on federal forest land, but wasn't on
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an approved road or trail.
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Well, this is not a trail out here that you're maintaining.
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This is not an ORV trail, and you're obviously
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maintaining this and using your ORV to bring your bait and your
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stand or whatever you're using to bring it back here.
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I just talked with a federal officer, and he'd just like me
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to give him your information, and so you may be hearing
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from him in the future in regards to the trail use. - OK.
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But today, you're getting one ticket from me for baiting deer
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in a closed county.
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The hunter was given a warning for the ORV use,
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and his court-ordered fine for baiting in a closed area
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was $645. -Can't be baiting.
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There's no baiting in Oscoda County, Alcona County,
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and then the other two counties up north,
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Montmorency and Alpena County.
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He knows that, it's been that way for almost 20 years now.
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Anybody that hunts this area
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does know there's no baiting here.
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He tried deflecting it saying, "Oh, I thought it was the other
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county next door." Well, it's all four counties.
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The bait restrictions in these areas are to help prevent
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the spread of wildlife diseases.
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CWD is a unique disease because it's caused
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by a misfolded protein. So it's not a bacteria.
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It's not a virus like a lot of other diseases
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that we deal with.
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This is kind of uncharted territory for
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a lot of wildlife diseases.
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So these prions or these misfolded proteins can be shed
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from the animal in urine, saliva, and feces, as well as
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staying in the carcass of a dead animal.
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So a dead carcass, a dead deer, can actually be infectious
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for chronic wasting disease.
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It is primarily a deer disease.
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However, it is contagious between animals, and it is also
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essentially a death sentence for that animal.
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After checking a couple of other for hunters using bait,
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CO Pullum comes across a car parked
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in the middle of a roadway.
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What's this guy doing?
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- How's it going? - What's going on?
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The driver said they were having car troubles.
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Oh. Well, that's not good.
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Yeah, it's just more in there, and we're about to head out.
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OK, all right. You guys got any ID on you?
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All right. Whose car is it?
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- My vehicle. - OK.
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Was that guy helping you that just drove out of here?
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While checking IDs, Officer Pullum smells marijuana
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and asks if he can search the vehicle.
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OK.
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You guys got any alcohol
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or drugs in the vehicle? - No.
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All right, you guys wouldn't mind if I took a look then?
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-It's OK? - Yep.
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All right, why don't you guys step out real quick?
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COs in Michigan are fully commissioned peace officers
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and provide general law enforcement duties in addition
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to their conservation efforts.
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One of the three has a state-issued
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medical marijuana card, but the other two do not.
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In Michigan, if you have a medical marijuana card,
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you must keep your marijuana in a lockbox.
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I can smell marijuana. Is there marijuana in the vehicle?
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I have some in a lockbox.
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OK, why don't you grab it and let me take a look at it.
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There's nothing up front?
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I don't believe so.
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You don't believe so?
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Here's my medical marijuana card.
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OK, all right. Can you open the door for me?
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There you go.
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All right.
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Go ahead and shut the door and stand right there
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at the front of the vehicle. - OK.
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Go ahead and show me your lockbox.
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You got keys for it?
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Do you have your card on you?
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- OK.
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After inspecting the lockbox, Officer Pullum starts
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searching the car.
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All right, well, I got some already, so...
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It's yours? It's not yours.
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OK. All right.
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-OK.
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So whose might this be?
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It's your car, so it's in your possession here
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right in the center console.
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Go ahead and have a seat.
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This is from the guy in the backseat.
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Marijuana in there. This is a grinder.
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-Full of marijuana.
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Whew, potent too.
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After handcuffing the suspects...
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Have a seat.
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Turn around, put your hands behind your back.
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...and calling for assistance with the stop, CO Pullum
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continues searching the vehicle.
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All right, so obviously you all are lying to me.
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You dropped your pipe in your chip bag as I rolled up here.
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CO Pullum is joined in his search by
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United States Forest Service Officer Mike Phillips.
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Yeah, I haven't searched this yet.
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This is his lockbox.
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Kid in a black coat, so that's his.
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So he's got a medical marijuana card.
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That's his lockbox.
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The other two guys got marijuana in their possession
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sitting right next to them. Neither one of them have cards.
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Drugs are on the hood of the car that I found so far.
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He dropped a pipe in the chip bag as I was rolling up.
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I heard him crumple up the bag, and there's a pipe in it.
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Good morning, everybody. How are you today?
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This is the third annual Youth Conservation Academy.
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For the third straight summer, the Michigan DNR held
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a Youth Conservation Academy for Detroit-area kids.
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- Safety?
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On that one, because you're not seated all the way back,
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it didn't release, OK? So now you can release it.
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It's yours.
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The Academy is held on Belle Isle, one of
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Michigan's state parks, that sits on the Detroit River
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between the U.S. and Canada.
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Helping these kids understand what we do
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helps the department.
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It opens up employment opportunities to them
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that they never knew existed.
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The six-week course teaches the students about all aspects
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of the DNR.
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It's an excellent opportunity to let the children understand
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how beautiful these natural resources are
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and how they can utilize them.
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There's some kids that don't typically get out
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into the outdoors in the city of Detroit, and it kind of
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gives them an introduction to what natural resources
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Michigan really has to offer.
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The students shoot crossbows, learn about firearm safety...
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So in order to function it, you have to hit this release,
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and that would allow you to load a new round
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into the chamber. -...go kayaking and more.
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I got to learn about the firearms, how to load them
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safely, how to keep them pointed in directions to
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where you won't point them at anyone else.
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It was very fun.
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We learned a lot about firearms and hunting, fishing.
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I went kayaking for the first time, so that was really cool.
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At the end of the program, there is a graduation ceremony
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where students receive hunter education certificates,
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fishing licenses, and gear.
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And that's one of the neat things about
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the Hunter Education Program is because it also introduces
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gun safety and gun handling.
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So the kids of Detroit, they don't necessarily have
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an opportunity to experience hunter safety and gun handling
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and things like that.
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And then a lot of these families around here,
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they don't hunt and fish themselves.
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So this kind of gives them an introduction to
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the other world that's out there.
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And so when they have an opportunity to get out
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on their own and they get into a place where they can
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and they're set to go.
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So they'll be able to hunt the rest of their lives legally
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in any state across this nation,
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and we're also gonna teach them about marine safety
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and take them through boater safety programs, so that when
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they get an opportunity to go out and enjoy our waterways,
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they can do it legally.
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In Michigan's District 5, conservation officers are
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preparing to work an aerial surveillance patrol after dark,
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focusing on shining.
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In Michigan, you cannot shine for wildlife on public land
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during the month of November.
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Before that patrol starts, CO Casey Pullum checks on
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a car parked on a dirt road.
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And once he and United States Forest Service Officer Mike Phillips
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search the vehicle, they find marijuana
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and drug paraphernalia. - Stand up.
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You got anything on you that you know about?
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Needles, guns, knives, bazookas?
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I got my keys little chain in my pocket.
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OK.
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One of the three from the car has
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a state-issued medical marijuana card and claims
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none of the other illegal items are his.
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The other two claim only a couple of items each.
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Come over here for a second.
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Here's what we're gonna do.
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An hour before this surveillance plane takes off
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and the patrol for shining wildlife starts --
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They still seem to be progressing here northbound.
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About how far out do you think you are?
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Michigan Conservation Officer Casey Pullum is wrapping up
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what should have been a routine check.
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It unfolded to a lot more than just someone needing help.
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They were fine. They didn't need help.
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There was obviously some illegal activity going on
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with that vehicle. -This car had pulled over
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with some type of maintenance issue, and when CO Pullum
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approached the vehicle, he could smell marijuana.
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The occupants allowed him to search the car, and he found
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marijuana and associated equipment.
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With the help of Officer Mike Phillips,
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they've decided to take two of the three occupants of the car to jail.
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Can you transport for me? Transport up the mile?
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I can do...
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I can do both. -If you could, that'd be handy.
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If not, I can squeeze one into here.
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The third is being let off with a warning
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from CO Pullum since he has
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a state-issued medical marijuana card.
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You two don't have cards.
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You have a card, and -- but you're still
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transporting it illegally.
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You got a lockbox, you're smoking in the car,
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you know these guys have this stuff.
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You can't have that stuff without it being in a lockbox.
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It's gotta be locked up.
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I swear I had mine in a lockbox.
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-You had a pipe in your bag. - It wasn't my pipe.
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That wasn't your pipe?
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You were eating chips out of that thing, and you had no idea
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that pipe was in there? - No.
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The pipe, actually, I put it in there.
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It was sitting inside the center thing.
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- Uh-huh. -I put it in the chip bag when I noticed that you were behind,
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I put it in the chip bag. -All right.
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Because it was out in the open, so.
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-This guy's your buddy? - Yes, my friend.
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OK, I'm gonna take you two to jail tonight.
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You don't have cards.
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You got marijuana in your possession, so you're
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getting charged with possession of marijuana tonight.
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The two bound for jail are charged with
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possession of marijuana.
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I'm gonna field test this marijuana before we take it.
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Just because it smells like and looks like marijuana,
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it doesn't always mean it is.
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So the prosecutor
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wants us to first field test it before we charge him with it.
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The field test is used to determine if the substance can
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be reasonably believed to be marijuana.
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It's got just enough in there.
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COs in Michigan receive year-round training in both
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conservation and general criminal law enforcement techniques.
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There's three capsules in there that I need to break,
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and there's this, you gotta shake it
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for so long before you --
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there's three capsules in here, and then obviously
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the color change is what we're looking for.
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We're looking for it to turn to a purple with a separation
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of some sort there.
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So this is just,
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there's no color yet, but once I break
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the other two vials, you're gonna see a little bit
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of a color, a purple color to it.
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Yeah, it's getting darker.
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Additional lab testing is done later to definitely confirm
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the field test results.
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So that tests positive for marijuana.
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It was a busier night for us.
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Obviously we had a dedicated patrol, but at the same time
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I had a couple other things I wanted to follow up on.
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One was a baiting issue,
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and then the other one just happened to be...
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we were driving through a rural part of the county and I saw
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a vehicle that didn't match the area.
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It looked like it was parked off the side of the road and maybe disabled.
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And a lot of times when we do have people disabled
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in the part of a county that's rural like that,
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they don't have cell signal.
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So a lot of times I'll just stop and ask
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if they need any help.
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And that's what I was doing that night.
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And of course,
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it unfolded to a lot more than just someone needing help.
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It was a busier night for us. Obviously, we had
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a dedicated patrol, but at the same time, I had
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a couple other things I wanted to follow up on.
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After checking on deer blinds with illegal bait...
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Why don't you grab your stuff?
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You're done for tonight.
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...he takes a couple of suspects to jail for drug possession.
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I'm gonna take you two to jail tonight.
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You don't have cards.
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You got marijuana in your possession, so you're getting
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charged with possession of marijuana tonight.
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When he's done with that, he joins Sergeant Brandon Kieft
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and other officers from District 5 to work
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an overnight patrol focusing on shining.
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You guys all make good decisions,
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I'm not worried about that, and obviously we just, be safe.
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And if you need somebody to back you up, make sure to call.
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Shining in November has been illegal for quite some time,
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mainly because...
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that's the time of year when we have a lot of guys
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in the woods or heading to deer camp with firearms,
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preparing for the deer season.
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And we have just had the experience that
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most of the time people are shining in November,
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it's usually not for recreational activity,
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it's usually because they have firearms or some other thing
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that's gonna make the stop illegal.
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In Michigan, it's illegal to spotlight or shine wildlife
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on public land during the month of November.
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One of the techniques the Michigan DNR uses to patrol
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for shining is to fly over areas and radio officers
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on the ground if they see anything.
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Well, what we're hoping to see is spotlights that will,
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we'll see those coming from the vehicles,
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and that's one thing we actually take note of.
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If a spotlight comes out one side of the car or the other,
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that's something that the officers want to know.
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Sometimes there's multiple lights,
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and you do get an eye for it.
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On a clear night like tonight, sometimes the spotlights
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show up for many, many miles.
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Kevin Jacobs has been the aviation manager
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for the DNR for 18 years.
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Aerial surveillance flights are important for
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a handful of reasons. - First of all, it's the law,
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and so we've been tasked with upholding the law.
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I think also when you deal with shining,
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there's issues with fair chase.
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It puts the animals at a disadvantage
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and those who are shining at an incredible advantage,
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so you're lacking the fair chase element.
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I think lastly there's a certain fairness
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to other sportsmen.
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These people are playing by the rules and by the law,
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and yet you have some people who are not.
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As the officers on the ground get into position,
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Jacobs goes through his final preflight checks.
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We got a good level there.
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He'll have one spotter in the plane with him to help
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find instances of shining.
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Well, tonight's operation will be a night flight
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involving law division,
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force management division, and wildlife division.
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Kind of a cooperation between the three divisions.
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There's a lot of dark spaces out here,
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and certainly we're looking for vehicle movement.
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Anything that stands out, sometimes it's
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a slow-rolling vehicle, stop and go vehicle,
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and then ultimately if there's a spotlight.
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As pilot Kevin Jacobs and spotter Dan Moran begin
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their flight, officers on the ground ready for
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any instances of shining in their areas.
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Waiting to hear is, you know, a lot of times
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when they take off, we don't hear anything
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from them until they actually find somebody.
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And so that period of time from the time they take off
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to the time they actually call something out
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can seem like an eternity.
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You know, our guys are thinking a multitude of things.
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Those can be some of the most dangerous stops we make.
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So I'm sure they're thinking about safety.
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What are they gonna do if they come up to the door
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and this happens?
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Or I'm guessing that they're doing
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a lot of mental rehearsal.
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It's hard to sit there and wait for something.
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You want to be out there looking, but at the same time,
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you don't want to give yourself away being in the area.
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So yeah, it's definitely exciting
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waiting to hear that call from the plane that
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they found something, and hopefully,
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it's in your area where you're at.
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In Michigan's District 5, shortly after getting in the air, the plane spots
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someone slow rolling on a dirt road.
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What I have is a vehicle that we've watched
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here for a little bit.
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He's done some slow rolls, some stop and go.
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He did a turn, and he did a turn very, very slow,
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you know, like he was looking.
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He's not throwing anything out the side window yet,
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but if you're close, it might be worth getting in behind him.
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Slow rolling is a term we use for a car engaging in
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somewhat abnormal behavior.
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Conservation Officer Casey Pullum is the first
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to respond and initiates the traffic stop.
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- How's it going? - Good.
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Got your license, registration, proof of insurance.
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What are you guys up to tonight?
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I'm taking her home to Mack Lake.
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OK. Where are you coming from?
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- McKinley. -McKinley? OK.
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The suspects weren't shining, but the driver has a restricted
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driver's license and assisting CO Bobbi Lively finds
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an open liquor bottle in the car.
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You could be going to jail tonight for this.
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-You understand that, right? - OK.
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It's like operating on a suspended license.
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So I expect you to be a little more honest
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with me when I'm asking you questions.
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Honestly, I took the kids to the movies. They went --
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Are you supposed to go to the movies?
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That's not to and from your employment.
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I didn't know it was restricted.
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What's it restricted for?
513
00:26:50,834 --> 00:26:55,266
Well...it was restricted, I was impaired.
514
00:26:55,266 --> 00:26:57,000
I had two beers...
515
00:26:58,266 --> 00:26:59,667
four months ago. - OK.
516
00:27:00,767 --> 00:27:02,033
So you got arrested for drunk driving?
517
00:27:03,500 --> 00:27:04,667
- Yes. - OK.
518
00:27:04,834 --> 00:27:07,367
While CO Pullum continues to question the driver,
519
00:27:07,367 --> 00:27:09,667
the surveillance plane has spotted three cars,
520
00:27:09,834 --> 00:27:13,266
all close by, with lights shining out the side windows.
521
00:27:13,433 --> 00:27:16,233
I've got three vehicles here, all with a fairly close
522
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,467
proximity of each other, and we've seen a light come out
523
00:27:18,634 --> 00:27:19,767
of each vehicle.
524
00:27:19,767 --> 00:27:22,500
Sergeant Brandon Kieft responds and tries to locate
525
00:27:22,667 --> 00:27:24,467
one of the vehicles.
526
00:27:24,467 --> 00:27:27,734
OK, I'm southbound on one of those roads.
527
00:27:27,900 --> 00:27:29,800
Am I on the right one or the wrong one?
528
00:27:32,266 --> 00:27:33,567
That would be the wrong one.
529
00:27:33,734 --> 00:27:36,867
We're gonna be to your east, and let me watch this guy here
530
00:27:36,867 --> 00:27:38,367
for a little bit before we come in on him,
531
00:27:38,367 --> 00:27:39,367
see if we get a light.
532
00:27:39,533 --> 00:27:41,033
He should be coming out to you.
533
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:42,934
He catches up with one of the vehicles right as it
534
00:27:43,100 --> 00:27:44,333
pulls into a campground.
535
00:28:10,934 --> 00:28:12,867
Is this your campsite, sir?
536
00:28:13,033 --> 00:28:14,600
- This is it, right here. - OK.
537
00:28:14,767 --> 00:28:16,166
- How are you? - We're great.
538
00:28:16,333 --> 00:28:17,500
- How you doing, bud? - Good.
539
00:28:17,667 --> 00:28:20,734
Conservation Officer, are we shining today?
540
00:28:20,900 --> 00:28:22,166
- No. - No?
541
00:28:22,333 --> 00:28:24,400
- No, you -- shining like a -- - Yeah.
542
00:28:24,567 --> 00:28:27,667
-Not hunt -- we had flashlights out here. - OK.
543
00:28:27,834 --> 00:28:30,100
-Showing the kids deer and stuff like that. - OK.
544
00:28:30,266 --> 00:28:32,567
It's not a problem if you shine a flashlight at a deer
545
00:28:32,567 --> 00:28:34,166
or anything like that, is it?
546
00:28:34,333 --> 00:28:37,133
It's a problem shining in November period, sir.
547
00:28:37,300 --> 00:28:38,867
-Oh. - Yeah, you can't shine
548
00:28:39,033 --> 00:28:41,233
at all in November in Michigan.
549
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,767
I thought it was you couldn't have weapons.
550
00:28:43,767 --> 00:28:45,333
- You -- -That shining.
551
00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:48,400
That's the time frame before November.
552
00:28:48,567 --> 00:28:50,467
In the month of November, you can't shine, period,
553
00:28:50,467 --> 00:28:52,867
in Michigan. Are you a hunter, sir?
554
00:28:53,033 --> 00:28:55,266
- Are you a hunter? -I haven't hunted in about four years.
555
00:28:55,433 --> 00:28:57,834
OK, do you have any current hunting licenses?
556
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,667
-No, I don't have any hunting licenses at all. - OK.
557
00:29:00,834 --> 00:29:03,066
The driver admits to shining, so Sergeant Kieft
558
00:29:03,233 --> 00:29:07,367
issues him a ticket. It's a court-ordered $251 fine.
559
00:29:07,367 --> 00:29:11,000
In this case, we know you don't have any weapons in the car.
560
00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:13,033
We realize that you're probably just out trying to
561
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,266
show the kids deer or something else.
562
00:29:15,433 --> 00:29:16,667
Pointing it in a stupid manner.
563
00:29:16,667 --> 00:29:19,867
The problem is that you gotta remember
564
00:29:20,033 --> 00:29:21,867
what the laws say in Michigan.
565
00:29:22,033 --> 00:29:23,934
You can't do it in the month of November, period.
566
00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:25,367
Unless you're on your own private property.
567
00:29:25,533 --> 00:29:27,467
And in fact, you're on state land here.
568
00:29:31,900 --> 00:29:33,266
Everybody step forward a little bit.
569
00:29:33,433 --> 00:29:34,867
Kind of get on the line with Adam so he's not
570
00:29:34,867 --> 00:29:36,100
in front of you guys.
571
00:29:36,266 --> 00:29:39,500
Today is youth hunt here at Muzzy Pheasant Farms.
572
00:29:39,667 --> 00:29:43,100
It's great to have the kids outside.
573
00:29:43,266 --> 00:29:45,033
Anytime, in my opinion, we can get them...
574
00:29:46,166 --> 00:29:48,567
outside walking around.
575
00:29:48,734 --> 00:29:50,734
I mean, it doesn't matter if they're actually putting birds
576
00:29:50,900 --> 00:29:52,867
down or not. They're learning how to do it.
577
00:29:53,033 --> 00:29:55,867
I mean, it's just great to get them outside.
578
00:30:01,667 --> 00:30:04,166
Conservation offers and wildlife biologists
579
00:30:04,333 --> 00:30:07,166
with the Michigan DNR often host events designed
580
00:30:07,333 --> 00:30:08,867
to get kids outdoors.
581
00:30:08,867 --> 00:30:11,500
Events like this are important, especially to get
582
00:30:12,467 --> 00:30:14,367
newer people interested in the sport.
583
00:30:14,533 --> 00:30:16,734
Not just pheasant hunting, but hunting in general.
584
00:30:16,900 --> 00:30:20,333
Events like this get them out, get them walking around,
585
00:30:20,500 --> 00:30:22,400
they can interact with each other,
586
00:30:22,567 --> 00:30:25,133
and they can see the dogs working.
587
00:30:25,300 --> 00:30:27,867
It's really a fun event and really gets people
588
00:30:28,033 --> 00:30:31,967
interested in the sport, which could lead to them
589
00:30:32,133 --> 00:30:34,166
wanting to try other, you know, maybe duck hunting
590
00:30:34,333 --> 00:30:36,500
or deer hunting or something like that.
591
00:30:36,667 --> 00:30:39,166
Michigan used to have a large pheasant population,
592
00:30:39,166 --> 00:30:41,266
but recently, bird numbers are down.
593
00:30:41,433 --> 00:30:42,867
All right, we're just going to keep walking.
594
00:30:43,033 --> 00:30:45,333
-There's one right there!
595
00:30:45,500 --> 00:30:47,867
Ooh, good job.
596
00:30:48,033 --> 00:30:49,200
Smoked it.
597
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,600
And biologists are working with a number of agencies
598
00:30:51,767 --> 00:30:53,500
to try and bring those numbers up.
599
00:30:53,667 --> 00:30:56,233
The first step towards achieving that is by putting
600
00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,934
high-quality grasslands back on the landscape.
601
00:30:59,100 --> 00:31:01,667
You know, these grasslands have a lot of benefits including,
602
00:31:01,667 --> 00:31:04,467
you know, improving water quality, reducing soil erosion
603
00:31:04,634 --> 00:31:07,867
and runoff in agricultural areas, as well as providing
604
00:31:07,867 --> 00:31:11,266
habitat for pollinators like bees and butterflies,
605
00:31:11,433 --> 00:31:15,367
and other wildlife like songbirds, deer,
606
00:31:15,367 --> 00:31:16,834
turkeys, and pheasants.
607
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,567
Getting kids involved at a young age not only leads to
608
00:31:19,567 --> 00:31:21,867
more hunters, but hopefully more people
609
00:31:21,867 --> 00:31:24,367
invested in restoration projects like the ones
610
00:31:24,533 --> 00:31:27,367
involving pheasants. -You miss? Not a big deal.
611
00:31:27,367 --> 00:31:28,767
Everybody's gonna miss, all right?
612
00:31:28,934 --> 00:31:31,166
There's gonna be a bunch of birds out here, OK?
613
00:31:31,166 --> 00:31:32,667
I mean, some of these kids, they're gonna
614
00:31:32,667 --> 00:31:33,867
remember this day for a long time.
615
00:31:34,033 --> 00:31:36,367
They're gonna remember when they came out to the farm
616
00:31:36,367 --> 00:31:39,367
and got to go pheasant hunting, and they're gonna want to go
617
00:31:39,367 --> 00:31:42,367
out to the field behind their house or where they have
618
00:31:42,367 --> 00:31:43,500
permission land to go.
619
00:31:43,667 --> 00:31:45,867
They're gonna want to go hunt
620
00:31:45,867 --> 00:31:48,033
for pheasants, and they want the habitat to be there.
621
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:49,567
All right, good job, guys.
622
00:31:50,467 --> 00:31:52,934
Conservation Officer Casey Pullum has this truck
623
00:31:53,100 --> 00:31:55,600
pulled over on a rural road in Michigan's District 5.
624
00:31:59,900 --> 00:32:02,133
It was identified during an aerial surveillance
625
00:32:02,300 --> 00:32:03,367
for slow rolling.
626
00:32:03,367 --> 00:32:05,066
The plane was able to direct me into
627
00:32:06,467 --> 00:32:07,567
where that vehicle was.
628
00:32:08,667 --> 00:32:11,000
In that case, they were not necessarily
629
00:32:11,166 --> 00:32:13,867
gonna shoot a deer, they didn't have any weapons with them.
630
00:32:13,867 --> 00:32:15,400
We couldn't determine whether they were actually shining
631
00:32:15,567 --> 00:32:17,000
for deer or not.
632
00:32:17,166 --> 00:32:18,367
They wouldn't admit to that, but we did have
633
00:32:18,533 --> 00:32:19,867
some other violations.
634
00:32:19,867 --> 00:32:22,066
The driver has a restricted license, and there is
635
00:32:22,233 --> 00:32:24,567
an open container of liquor under one of the seats
636
00:32:24,734 --> 00:32:26,667
as well as a couple of cans of beer.
637
00:32:26,834 --> 00:32:30,100
CO Pullum administers a field sobriety test.
638
00:32:30,266 --> 00:32:32,033
And what I'm gonna do, just copy what I'm doing,
639
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:33,166
and you're just doing heel-toe.
640
00:32:33,333 --> 00:32:36,100
One, two, three,
641
00:32:36,266 --> 00:32:41,600
four, five, six, seven,
642
00:32:41,767 --> 00:32:43,066
eight, and nine.
643
00:32:43,233 --> 00:32:44,266
When you get to nine, you're gonna keep
644
00:32:44,266 --> 00:32:46,266
that foot planted. You're gonna turn on a pivot,
645
00:32:46,433 --> 00:32:50,100
just like I'm doing, and then go nine steps back.
646
00:32:50,266 --> 00:32:51,367
Two. You're counting
647
00:32:51,533 --> 00:32:53,000
as you're walking, keeping your arms
648
00:32:53,166 --> 00:32:54,667
to your side. - OK.
649
00:32:54,834 --> 00:32:56,033
OK, whenever you're ready, you may begin.
650
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:59,400
One, two, three,
651
00:32:59,567 --> 00:33:02,567
four, five, six,
652
00:33:02,734 --> 00:33:05,834
seven, eight, nine.
653
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,266
And determines there is not enough evidence to support
654
00:33:08,266 --> 00:33:10,467
an arrest for driving under the influence.
655
00:33:10,634 --> 00:33:14,000
But one of the passengers, a minor, admits to drinking.
656
00:33:14,166 --> 00:33:17,367
He's issued an MIP, or Minor in Possession of Alcohol
657
00:33:17,533 --> 00:33:20,266
ticket while the driver is issued two citations.
658
00:33:20,433 --> 00:33:22,066
- So here's, I'll explain this to you. - OK.
659
00:33:22,233 --> 00:33:23,266
Because you are getting a ticket today.
660
00:33:23,266 --> 00:33:24,266
You're getting a ticket for operating on
661
00:33:24,433 --> 00:33:26,333
a restricted license. - OK.
662
00:33:26,500 --> 00:33:28,133
And for transporting open intox.
663
00:33:28,300 --> 00:33:30,166
- You're getting two citations today. - OK.
664
00:33:30,166 --> 00:33:32,567
All right? So the court information's here at the bottom.
665
00:33:32,567 --> 00:33:35,767
She pays $455 in court-ordered fines
666
00:33:35,767 --> 00:33:38,266
and spends three days in jail.
667
00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:40,967
The officers allow a passenger with a valid license
668
00:33:41,133 --> 00:33:43,133
to drive everyone home.
669
00:33:43,300 --> 00:33:45,266
Thankfully there was somebody there that could operate,
670
00:33:45,433 --> 00:33:46,600
and we could continue our shining flight.
671
00:33:55,433 --> 00:33:57,867
A Saturday night patrol for shining is turning into
672
00:33:57,867 --> 00:34:01,333
a Sunday morning patrol as pilot Kevin Jacobs and spotter
673
00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:04,667
Dan Moran continue their flight above Michigan's District 5.
674
00:34:10,233 --> 00:34:12,367
Anything out your side, Dan?
675
00:34:12,533 --> 00:34:13,700
Nope, pretty dark.
676
00:34:14,867 --> 00:34:17,066
Same here, we'll work our way to the south.
677
00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:21,000
The time is about 12:30 AM local.
678
00:34:21,867 --> 00:34:24,266
Wonder would anybody be
679
00:34:24,433 --> 00:34:27,367
driving around in the black at 12:30?
680
00:34:29,333 --> 00:34:31,233
It is illegal to shine or spotlight
681
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,367
during the month of November on public land.
682
00:34:38,567 --> 00:34:40,867
Just before calling it quits, the plane spots
683
00:34:40,867 --> 00:34:42,767
one last light to be checked.
684
00:34:44,100 --> 00:34:46,266
OK, stationary, shining again.
685
00:34:46,266 --> 00:34:49,266
It's fairly low-intensity light that he's throwing around here.
686
00:34:51,166 --> 00:34:53,500
Sergeant Brandon Kieft is the closest officer
687
00:34:53,667 --> 00:34:56,600
to the suspect about four miles away.
688
00:34:56,767 --> 00:34:58,333
Using the GPS on the plane,
689
00:34:58,500 --> 00:35:00,233
the pilot directs him where to go.
690
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,467
That's the direction we'll be coming from.
691
00:35:03,867 --> 00:35:06,133
All right, copy that. He's northbound now.
692
00:35:11,166 --> 00:35:13,467
-Gonna get bumpy.
693
00:35:24,767 --> 00:35:26,133
There are quite a few residences here
694
00:35:26,300 --> 00:35:27,133
just to his west.
695
00:35:27,133 --> 00:35:30,333
He may be working in that direction.
696
00:35:30,500 --> 00:35:33,734
The pilot and spotter think they are looking for an ATV.
697
00:35:33,900 --> 00:35:37,166
He went black again. He is black now.
698
00:35:37,166 --> 00:35:39,367
He's in the neighborhood, put it that way,
699
00:35:39,533 --> 00:35:40,767
I think he's getting close to residence.
700
00:35:44,467 --> 00:35:48,734
So if I buzz past him, just let me know.
701
00:35:48,900 --> 00:35:52,367
Sometimes he can't estimate how fast the vehicle on the ground
702
00:35:52,533 --> 00:35:54,166
is moving and you'll drive past a road.
703
00:35:55,567 --> 00:35:56,867
Most of the time, he's very good.
704
00:35:57,033 --> 00:35:59,433
I'm impressed with how well he knows the roads.
705
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:01,967
He's got an overlay up there, and he's got
706
00:36:02,133 --> 00:36:03,166
a ton of experience.
707
00:36:03,166 --> 00:36:04,934
So he knows the roads, he knows the areas.
708
00:36:05,100 --> 00:36:08,033
About 20 minutes after the search for the ATV begins,
709
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:09,967
Sergeant Kieft finds the residence where
710
00:36:10,133 --> 00:36:12,834
it's believed the ATV pulled into a garage.
711
00:36:15,266 --> 00:36:18,266
...it's gonna be the residence on your right
712
00:36:18,266 --> 00:36:20,166
coming up there. They pulled in.
713
00:36:22,133 --> 00:36:23,967
Yeah, 7-2-7-1, just pulled in.
714
00:36:45,467 --> 00:36:48,500
More officers arrived shortly after to join the search.
715
00:36:49,433 --> 00:36:50,667
It's got to be in there.
716
00:36:52,667 --> 00:36:54,500
They think he pulled behind it too, didn't he say that?
717
00:37:05,967 --> 00:37:07,367
Couldn't get here fast enough.
718
00:37:21,033 --> 00:37:23,433
Sorry about that, ma'am. Conservation officer, how are you?
719
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:26,233
- OK. - Do you have somebody else
720
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,500
that's staying at the house tonight? - My son.
721
00:37:29,667 --> 00:37:31,266
OK. Is he home?
722
00:37:31,433 --> 00:37:34,000
- Yeah, he's in bed. - OK.
723
00:37:34,166 --> 00:37:36,367
- Can you get him for me, please? - OK.
724
00:37:36,367 --> 00:37:37,567
- Hold on. - Yep.
725
00:37:37,567 --> 00:37:39,000
- Thank you.
726
00:37:39,166 --> 00:37:40,367
- How are you doing? -Good.
727
00:37:40,533 --> 00:37:41,667
- How are you? - Good.
728
00:37:41,667 --> 00:37:43,100
-How long have you been home? - I just came home.
729
00:37:43,266 --> 00:37:45,000
- That's what I just thought. - I seen the plane.
730
00:37:45,166 --> 00:37:46,667
Yeah, OK. What's the deal tonight?
731
00:37:46,834 --> 00:37:48,967
You want to put some shoes on and show me what's going on?
732
00:37:52,834 --> 00:37:55,367
While inside, the ATV driver says he was just out
733
00:37:55,367 --> 00:37:58,233
for a ride, but admits he was using a flashlight.
734
00:37:58,400 --> 00:37:59,467
What were you shining with tonight?
735
00:38:00,834 --> 00:38:02,667
- I just had a flashlight. - OK.
736
00:38:02,834 --> 00:38:04,333
What were you out doing tonight?
737
00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:05,767
I was just coming through a trail.
738
00:38:07,433 --> 00:38:09,867
Well, that's the good bonus about having the plane there,
739
00:38:10,033 --> 00:38:13,066
is that the plane can stay above and can narrow down
740
00:38:15,233 --> 00:38:17,100
where the suspect is.
741
00:38:17,266 --> 00:38:20,166
The ATV operator was a good number of miles away
742
00:38:20,333 --> 00:38:21,467
from his house. The plane was able to
743
00:38:21,467 --> 00:38:23,767
follow him back to a certain residence.
744
00:38:23,934 --> 00:38:26,367
He knew the residence that the suspect went into.
745
00:38:26,367 --> 00:38:27,500
Here's the deal --
746
00:38:27,667 --> 00:38:29,266
When the plane sees you like that, why'd you boogie
747
00:38:29,433 --> 00:38:31,567
toward home if you didn't think there was anything wrong?
748
00:38:31,734 --> 00:38:34,934
- I didn't know it was the DNR. - Right.
749
00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:38,166
I thought it was a plane flying around.
750
00:38:38,333 --> 00:38:40,433
Right. Well, here's the deal.
751
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,667
It's illegal to shine in November period,
752
00:38:42,667 --> 00:38:44,667
whether you have a weapon on you or don't have a weapon
753
00:38:44,667 --> 00:38:47,000
on you. You can't shine at all
754
00:38:47,166 --> 00:38:48,667
in November in Michigan.
755
00:38:48,667 --> 00:38:50,867
Sergeant Kieft issues him a ticket for shining,
756
00:38:51,033 --> 00:38:53,867
which is a court-ordered $270 fine.
757
00:38:53,867 --> 00:38:55,333
He was able to come out.
758
00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:58,100
He eventually confessed to the situation,
759
00:38:58,266 --> 00:39:02,967
and it's always great to catch them and throw the lights on
760
00:39:03,133 --> 00:39:04,834
and stop them before they make it home.
761
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,867
But unfortunately, depending on where your units are,
762
00:39:08,033 --> 00:39:09,667
sometimes they make it back home before you get to them.
762
00:39:10,305 --> 00:40:10,928
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