Council rangers are officers employed by Local Government Areas in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 to enforce the by-laws of those local governments and a limited range of state laws relating to such matters as litter control, animal control, dog laws, fire control, off-road vehicles, emergency management, and parking.

Unless they are also sworn as special constable

Special constable

A Special Constable is a law enforcement officer who is not a regular member of a police force. Some like the Royal Canadian Mounted Police carry the same law enforcement powers as regular members, but are employed in specific roles, such as explosive disposal technicians, court security, campus...

s, rangers do not have full police powers. The general law enforcement duties performed by city, shire or county police in many other jurisdictions are performed by state police in Australia.

A Council Ranger is also referred to as "Local Laws Officers" in some of Australia's eastern states.

A Council Ranger/Local Laws Officer in Australia is the equivalent to a Bylaw Enforcement Officer

Bylaw enforcement officer

A bylaw enforcement officer is a law enforcement employee of a municipality, county or regional district, charged with the enforcement of non-criminal bylaws, rules, laws, codes or regulations enacted by local governments....

in Canada.