The number and quality of investigations, arrests, and cases mean nothing without good prosecutors willing to file charges and move forward with trials when necessary. For more than 20 years, the United States Attorney for the Central District of California (Los Angeles) has maintained a unit of prosecutors who are dedicated to handling cases involving environmental crime. Sit down with Ed for his discussion with Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA's) Matt O'Brien, Dennis Mitchell, and Mark Williams, three of the most experienced federal wildlife prosecutors in the country, to talk about some of their favorite cases and to learn about how the US Attorney's Office works with agencies like the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

This is the final episode of Season 2 of Nature's Secret Service. Get ready for Season 3, which will premiere in early 2026.

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.

In 1962, USFWS Agent Vic Blasevic was ambushed by poachers and shot twice at close range. Join Ed and retired Special Agent Jerry Smith as they talk about who Vic was, what he was like, and how he survived those harrowing events on a dark and cold Illinois cornfield.

CORRECTION - This episode references the Central Flyway but should have referenced the Mississippi Flyway.