2030-1000 Environmental Law Enforcement

For the operation of the office of environmental law enforcement; provided, that environmental police officers shall provide monitoring under the National Shellfish Sanitation Program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the office to increase its patrols in and around the Flint pond area of Lake Quinsigamond to improve public safety and reduce public nuisance; provided further, that the office, at its discretion, may distribute such funds to the Worcester police department or the Shrewsbury police department to conduct such patrols in place of the office; and provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for the protection of right whales by increasing the patrols of the office and its officers' ability to identify and remove abandoned fishing gear and enforce speed restrictions through the use of drone technologies to minimize potentially harmful interactions between vessels and right whales