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The same way he knows which species of deer, duck, bear, etc. you have shot. If he puts himself in the business of enforcing a regulation on something, he is in the business of knowing what that thing is and how to identify it.

Exactly^^^, but unfortunately, in our Canadian legal industry an important check/balance is missing. In almost all occupations if an individual exceeds their knowledge/training base and causes harm/damage to someone, there can be civil liability ($$$) for this. This tends to weed out the incompetent/overreaching or motivate extra training in any particular industry. When an LEO lays charges based on ignorance or lack of proper training and a court action/damage to an individual results from this, there is no mechanism to compensate ($$$) the damaged party and by this cause the LEO or their organization to limit themselves or improve training.
 
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