Yeah, my wife is a county park ranger here in CA and she had to go through some park ranger academy ran by the county, along with getting POST certified, so it's definitely a peace officer position. I'm a bit biased, since I'm not trying to hate on my own wife, but I really don't see them entirely in the same light as police officers, since the culture with these county park rangers seems to be they want to maintain the conservation/interpretive role of park rangers as opposed to the enforcement side. But then, maybe that's what I tell myself to avoid causing any serious issues.