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Join Ed the Fed and Captain Michele Budish as they patrol Los Angeles, exploring the life of a game warden.

Get ready to go on patrol in Los Angeles with Ed the Fed and Captain Michele Budish of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). Get a feel for what it's like to work the front line with a hard charging game warden. Will it be a night of non-stop action and excitement or routine patrol work? You'll find out as you join us for ... A Night on Patrol. CORRECTION: At 14:04 and 15:28 minutes, Michele and I reference checking a boat with five people on it. The boat called "Gotta Habit" had three people on board, not five. During the same incident at the dock, we checked another fishing boat that did have five people on it. That contact was edited out of the final episode for time so the final narration and dialogue created some confusion.

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