{"id":265057,"date":"2026-08-14T04:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T04:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/265057\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T04:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T04:08:11","slug":"pa-game-commission-ends-deputy-game-warden-program-140-employees-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/265057\/","title":{"rendered":"PA Game Commission ends Deputy Game Warden Program; 140 employees go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 The Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) is ending its Deputy Game Warden Program within law enforcement, letting go approximately 140 part-time deputy wardens.<\/p>\n<p>According to press secretary John Buffone, the decision reflects PGC\u2019s focus on maintaining the \u201cmost efficient and effective full-time, professional workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Commission is deeply grateful to the committed individuals that volunteered and served as deputy wardens, providing valuable services to the agency and to the people of Pennsylvania,&#8221; Buffone wrote in a statement. &#8220;The PGC is unwavering in its obligation to serve as the guardian of state wildlife resources for all citizens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/pgc\/about-us\/employment-opportunities\/deputy-game-warden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Deputy Game Warden Program website<\/a> has already been removed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 The Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) is ending its Deputy Game Warden Program within law&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-265057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}