British Columbia's natural resource officers should be armed with batons and pepper spray to defend themselves against the intoxicated, confrontational people they sometimes face on the job, according to a recently released report. Natural resource officers enforce provincial rules related to the environment. The report says natural resource officers sometimes have to deal with large groups of intoxicated campers. Trained to disengageDespite the hazards natural resource officers face, the report says, they're only equipped with soft body armour. 's natural resource officers.

Source: CBC News March 10, 2019 15:00 UTC