Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Explore job opportunities with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources by becoming a Conservation Police Officer. To be a vigilant guardian of the natural resources, public safety, and homeland security of Illinois. To educate the inadvertent violator of conservation law, by taking an appropriate level of enforcement action to achieve this goal. To relentlessly pursue, with full statewide police authority, deliberate offenders and bring them before the courts for the administration of justice. The Office of Law Enforcement supports the Department's programs designed to protect Illinois' natural and recreational resources through enforcement of those portions of the Illinois Compiled Statutes enacted for that purpose. Conservation Police Officers are vested with full state-wide police authority and are trained to the highest standards for law enforcement professionals in Illinois. In addition to these enforcement responsibili Non-emergency: (217) 782-6302. Dial 911 for emergencies.