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The Colorado Parks and Wildlife is charged by statute to protect, preserve, enhance, and manage wildlife for the use, benefit and enjoyment of the people of this state and its visitors. Wildlife management objectives such as determining the numbers and types of wildlife taken, and providing opportunities to hunt, fish, or engage in other wildlife-related recreation are realized through the creation of regulations by the Parks and Wildlife Commission and enforcement of season dates, bag limits, and license requirements. If everyone would follow the rules, enforcement efforts would be unnecessary, however laws for some people are only effective to the extent they are enforced. Without law enforcement effective wildlife management would not be possible. Without wildlife management Colorado’s abundant and diverse wildlife populations would not exist.

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Colorado Wildlife Officers work on a rotating on-call schedule. If you have a wildlife emergency, you can reach a District Wildlife Manager (DWM) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Most officers are dispatched through Colorado State Patrol, or your local Sheriff’s Department.

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These annual reports are meant to provide a basis of understanding and to answer frequently asked questions about the Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s law enforcement programs.

NOTE: The documents below are presented in PDF format. To read these files, you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Law Enforcement & Violation Reports
Year Reported	Date Published
2011	October 2012
2010	October 2011
2009	January 2011
2008	March 2010
2007	October 2008
2006	March 2007
2005	October 1, 2006
2004	October 1, 2005
2003	August 1, 2004
2002	May 1, 2003