The director of the department of environmental management is authorized to recruit, train, and organize a park police auxiliary force to serve on a seasonal or part-time basis and possessing such qualifications as he or she shall determine. The park police auxiliary force shall at all times be under the direction of the chief of the division of enforcement in the department of environmental management. Members of the park police auxiliary force shall carry out such duties and functions as may be assigned to them from time to time by the chief of the division of enforcement.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 32-2-12