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Water police, also called harbor patrols, port police, marine/maritime police, nautical patrols, bay constables, river police, or maritime law enforcement or coastal police are police officers, usually a department of a larger police organization, who patrol in water craft. Their patrol areas may be coastal sea waters, rivers, estuaries, harbors, lakes, canals or a combination of these.


Duties and functions

Water police are usually responsible for ensuring the safety of water users, enforcing laws relating to water traffic, preventing crime on vessels, banks and shores, providing
search and rescue Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search ...
services (either as the main provider or as an initial response unit before more specialized units arrive), and allowing the police to reach locations not easily accessible from land. They may also be responsible for coastal security,
environmental law Environmental law is a collective term encompassing aspects of the law that provide protection to the environment. A related but distinct set of regulatory regimes, now strongly influenced by environmental legal principles, focus on the manage ...
enforcement, immigration and
smuggling Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects, substances, information or people, such as out of a house or buildings, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations. There are various ...
patrols, and diving search operations (although many police organizations have separate units to handle this). Their operations may coordinate with other agencies with similar assets such as in the United States the various Federal, State or Local authorities may work together to promote or achieve similar enforcement or rescue outcomes. In the United States, a number of states have combined the duties of water police with those of conservation officers. Equipment ranges from personal water craft and inflatable boats to large seagoing craft, but most police vessels are small to medium, fast motorboats. In some areas these vessels incorporate a
firefighting Firefighting is the act of extinguishing or preventing the spread of unwanted fires from threatening human lives and destroying property and the environment. A person who engages in firefighting is known as a firefighter. Firefighters typically ...
capability through a fixed deck nozzle. The operators of these vessels are generally trained in many rescue disciplines including first aid, vessel dewatering, and firefighting. They may also be rescue and scuba divers who are specially trained and also boat operators who may engage in towing operations.


List of water police units

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Australian Federal Police The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the national and principal federal law enforcement agency of the Australian Government with the unique role of investigating crime and protecting the national security of the Commonwealth of Australia. Th ...
Water Police ** New South Wales Police Marine Area Command ** Northern Territory Police Marine and Fisheries Enforcement Unit ** Queensland Police Water Police ** South Australia Police Water Operations Unit ** Tasmania Police Marine and Rescue Services ** Victoria Police Water Police Squad ** Western Australia Police Water Police Branch * ** Federal Police (Austria) Water Police of Austria (especially Vienna) * ** Royal Bahamas Police Force Harbour Patrol * **
Belgian Federal Police The Belgian Federal Police ( nl, Federale Politie; french: Police Fédérale; german: Föderale Polizei) is the national police force of the Kingdom of Belgium. It carries out specialized and supra-local administrative and judicial police oper ...
Water Police Branch (DAC) * ** Bermuda Police Marine Unit * ** Barrie Police Service Marine Unit ** Brockville Police Service Marine Patrol Unit **
Durham Regional Police Service The Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) is the police service operated by and serving the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada. The force serves the following local municipalities, with a combined population of 706,200. * Pickering ...
Marine Unit **
Halifax Regional Police The Halifax Regional Police (HRP) is one of a number of law enforcement agencies operating in the Halifax, Nova Scotia; the other primaries being the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Forces Military Police. The city also is home to a ...
Lake Patrol ** Hamilton Police Service ** Halton Regional Policebr>
Marine Unit ** London Police Service Marine Patrol Unit **
Montreal City Police Service Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pea ...
Nautical Patrol ** Niagara Regional Police Service Marine Unit ** Ontario Provincial Police – regional Marine Units and Underwater Search and Recovery Unit ** Ottawa Police Service Marine/Underwater Unit ** Peel Regional Police Marine Unit ** Regina Police Service Underwater Investigation and Recovery Team ** Royal Canadian Mounted Police West Coast Marine Detachment ** Saskatoon Police Service River Patrol Detail ** Toronto Police Service Marine Unit – formed in 1982 to replace Toronto Harbour Commission Port Police and Harbour Police units. ** Vancouver Police Department Marine Squad ** Victoria Police Department Marine Unit ** Winnipeg Police Service River Patrol and Underwater Search and Recovery Unit ** York Regional Police Service Marine Unit *
Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territory—the largest by population in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located to the ...
** Royal Cayman Islands Police Marine Section * ** Helsinki Police Department Boat Unit * ** Maritime Gendarmerie * ** Federal Police units embedded within the Coast Guard ** Water Protection Police units of the following
State Police State police, provincial police or regional police are a type of sub-national territorial police force found in nations organized as federations, typically in North America, South Asia, and Oceania. These forces typically have jurisdiction o ...
: *** Baden-Württemberg Police *** Bavarian State Police *** Berlin Police ***
Brandenburg Police The Brandenburg police is the German Landespolizei force for the German state of Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-V ...
*** Bremen Police *** Hamburg Police *** Hesse State Police ***
Lower Saxony Police Lower may refer to: * Lower (surname) * Lower Township, New Jersey *Lower Receiver (firearms) * Lower Wick Gloucestershire, England See also *Nizhny Nizhny (russian: Ни́жний; masculine), Nizhnyaya (; feminine), or Nizhneye (russian: Ни ...
*** Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Police *** North Rhine-Westphalia Police *** Rhineland-Palatinate Police *** Saarland Police ***
Saxony Police Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
*** Saxony-Anhalt Police ***
Schleswig-Holstein Police Schleswig-Holstein Police (German: ''Landespolizei Schleswig-Holstein)'' is a state law-enforcement agency in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is subordinated to the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of the Interior, Municipal Affairs, Housing and Sport ...
* ** Marine Police Unit * **
Gibraltar Services Police The Gibraltar Defence Police (GDP) is a civil police force which provides a policing and security service for the Ministry of Defence in Gibraltar. Prior to 17 December 2009 it was known as the Gibraltar Services Police (GSP).
Marine Unit – a civil police force which guards and enforces law on UK Ministry of Defence installations in Gibraltar. ** Royal Gibraltar Police Marine Section * ** Hellenic Coast Guard, whose full name is "Harbour Corps-Hellenic Coast Guard," was originally founded in 1919 as the "Harbour Corps" ( el, Λιμενικό Σώμα) to act as Greece's maritime and harbour police. It still performs this role, and it is often referred to as the "Harbour orps (Λιμενικό) in everyday Greek parlance. * ** Hong Kong Police Force Marine Region – The Marine Police patrol of waters within the territory of Hong Kong, including 263 islands. The Marine Region with about 3,000 officers, and a fleet of 143 in total, made up of 71 launches and 72 craft is the largest of any civil police force. Was referred to as ''Water Police'' until 1948 when it was renamed ''Marine Police''. ** ** ** * **
Indonesian National Police '' , mottotranslated = (Serving the Nation) , formed = , preceding1 = , dissolved = , superseding = , employees = 440,000 (2020) , volunteers = , budget = , nongovernment ...
– ''Polisi Perairan'' (POLAIR) * ** Kerala Coastal Police, coastal security division of Kerala State Police * **
Garda Síochána (; meaning "the Guardian(s) of the Peace"), more commonly referred to as the Gardaí (; "Guardians") or "the Guards", is the national police service of Ireland. The service is headed by the Garda Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish Gover ...
Water Unit * **
Israeli Police The Israel Police ( he, משטרת ישראל, ''Mišteret Yisra'el''; ar, شرطة إسرائيل, ''Shurtat Isrāʼīl'') is the civilian police force of Israel. As with most other police forces in the world, its duties include crime fightin ...
Marine Police * **
Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard , mottotranslated = , formedmonthday = July 20 , formedyear = 1865 , preceding1 = , employees = 11,000 , volunteers = , budget = , legalpersonality = , country = Italy , constitution1 = Cons ...
Maritime police ** Guardia di Finanza Marine Police Section * ** Jamaica Constabulary Force Marine Division * ** Royal Malaysian Police Marine Operations Force * Marshall Islands ** Kwajalein Police Department Marine Police Section * ** Monaco Police Force Marine Division * ** Dienst Waterpolitie, water police force, a subdivision of the "Landelijke Eenheid" (LE), the nationwide unit. * **
New Zealand Police The New Zealand Police ( mi, Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa) is the national police service and principal law enforcement agency of New Zealand, responsible for preventing crime, enhancing public safety, bringing offenders to justice, and maintai ...
Maritime Policing Unit * ** National Aeronaval Service * **
Philippine National Police The Philippine National Police ( fil, Pambansang Pulisya ng Pilipinas, acronymed as PNP) is the armed national police force in the Philippines. Its national headquarters is located at Camp Crame in Bagong Lipunan ng Crame, Quezon City. Current ...
*** Philippine National Police Maritime Group * **
Polícia Marítima Polícia means police in some languages. ''Policia'' may refer to: Law enforcement Spanish terms *Policía Federal Argentina (Argentine Federal Police) *Policía Nacional de Colombia ( National Police of Colombia) *Policía Nacional del Perú (N ...
Maritime Police ** Republican National Guard (Portugal) Unidade de Controlo Costeiro (Coast Control Unit) * ** Police of Russia's Water Police *** Saint Petersburg Police's river police ***
Moscow Police The Moscow Police (russian: Московская полиция), officially the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow (russian: Главное управление внутренних дел по городу Москве) ...
's river police ** FSB's Russian Coast Guard ** National Guard Maritime Unit * ** Police of Serbia's River Police * ** Singapore Police Force Police Coast Guard * ** Guardia Civil
Guardia Civil del Mar Guardia (Italian and Spanish, 'guard') may refer to: People *Guardia (surname), including a list of people with the name *Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (1900–1970), Costa Rican politician *Francisco Calderón Guardia (1906–1977), Costa Ric ...
** Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera (Customs) * ** Sri Lanka Police Service Marine Division * ** South African Police Service Water Wing * ** Devon and Cornwall Constabulary Marine Operations Section ** Dyfed-Powys Police Marine Unit ** Dorset Police Marine Section **
Essex Police Essex Police is a territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Essex, in the East of England. Essex Police is responsible for a population of over 1.8 million people and an area of . The chief constable is Ben-Julian Harri ...
Marine and Diving Unit ** Hampshire Constabulary Marine Unit **
Kent Police Kent Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the and approximately 1.8 million inhabitants of Kent, a county in the south east of England. History On 14 January 1857, a 222-strong 'Kent County Constabulary' was formed u ...
Marine Unit ** Lothian and Borders Police Marine Section ** Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit (formerly Thames Division) ** Ministry of Defence Police Marine Unit **
Norfolk Constabulary Norfolk Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing Norfolk in East Anglia, England. The force serves a population of 908,000 in a mostly rural area of , including 90 miles of coastline and 16 rivers, including the B ...
Broads policing unit by boat with support from 'Broads beat' officers on land ** Northumbria Police Marine Unit ** North West Police Underwater Search & Marine Unit ** Strathclyde Police Marine Policing Unit * ** Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Marine Police Division **
Anacortes Police Department Anacortes ( ) is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The name "Anacortes" is an adaptation of the name of Anne Curtis Bowman, who was the wife of early Fidalgo Island settler Amos Bowman.Washington **
Austin Park Police Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city i ...
, Texas ** Town of Babylon Public Safety Department Marine Patrols/Bay Constables,
New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...
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Baltimore Police Department The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) is the municipal police department of the city of Baltimore, Maryland. Dating back to 1784, the BPD, consisting of 2,935 employees in 2020, is organized into nine districts covering of land and of waterway ...
Marine Unit, Maryland **
Baltimore County Police Department The Baltimore County Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency for Baltimore County, Maryland. They have been accredited by Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (C.A.L.E.A.) since 1984. Police chief The curr ...
Marine Unit, Maryland **
Barnstable Police Department Barnstable may refer to: Places United States * Barnstable, Massachusetts, a town *Barnstable (village), Massachusetts, a village ''within'' the town of Barnstable * Barnstable County, Massachusetts, a county that ''contains'' the town of Barn ...
Marine Division, Massachusetts ** Boston Police Department Harbor Unit, Massachusetts ** Boynton Beach Police Department Marine Patrol, Florida ** Butler County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol, Ohio **
Catawba County Sheriff's Office Catawba may refer to: *Catawba people, a Native American tribe in the Carolinas *Catawba language, a language in the Catawban languages family *Catawban languages Botany *Catalpa, a genus of trees, based on the name used by the Catawba and other N ...
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** Charleston Police Department Harbor Patrol, South Carolina ** Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Lakes Enforcement Division, North Carolina ** Chatham County Police Department Marine Patrol Unit, Georgia **
Chicago Police Department The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is the municipal law enforcement agency of the U.S. city of Chicago, Illinois, under the jurisdiction of the City Council. It is the second-largest municipal police department in the United States, behind t ...
Marine Unit, Illinois **
Colchester Police Department Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colchest ...
Marine Unit, Colchester, Vermont ** Cornelius Police Department Lake Patrol Unit
Cornelius, North Carolina Cornelius is a suburban town located along Lake Norman in northern Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States. It is a major suburb in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The population was 24,866 at the 2010 census. History Potts Plantation i ...
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Dane County Sheriff's Office Dane or Danes may refer to: People Pertaining to Denmark * Dane, somebody from Denmark * Danes, an ethnic group native to Denmark * Danes (Germanic tribe) Other people * Dane (name), a surname and a given name (and a list of people with the name ...
Marine Patrol Division, Wisconsin ** Daytona Beach Police Department Marine Unit, Florida ** Delaware River and Bay Authority Police Department Marine Unit ** Des Moines Police Department Waterway Operations Unit, Iowa ** Detroit Police Department Harbor Master Unit, Michigan **
Dover Police Department Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidst ...
Marine Patrol Section, Delaware **
East Bay Regional Park District Police Department East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...
Marine Patrol Unit, California ** El Dorado County Sheriff's Office Boat Patrol, California ** Erie County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Unit,
New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...
** Evans Police Department Marine Rescue and Recovery Unit,
New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...
** Florida Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Park Patrol ** Fort Lauderdale Police Department Marine Unit, Florida **
Gaston County Police Department The Gaston County Police Department is a law enforcement agency of Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It is the only county police department within the State of North Carolina. The Gaston County Police Department has the primary res ...
Marine Enforcement Division, North Carolina ** Greenwich Police Department Marine Operations Section, Connecticut ** Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Unit, Ohio ** Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Marine Division, Tennessee **
Hennepin County, Minnesota Sheriff's Office The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is the sheriff's office for Hennepin County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. HCSO's main offices are in Minneapolis City Hall in the county seat of Minneapolis. The office manages the county jail, patr ...
Water Patrol, Hennepin County, Minnesota **
Henrico County Division of Police Henrico may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places Colonial America * City of Henrico (Virginia Company), also known as Henrico, a county in the Colony of Virginia ** Henricus, also called Henrico, a settlement in the county, founded in 1611 * Henrico Shire, on ...
Marine Patrol, Virginia ** Henry County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Division, Ohio ** Hollywood Police Department Marine Unit, Florida **
Huron Police Department Huron may refer to: People * Wyandot people (or Wendat), indigenous to North America * Wyandot language, spoken by them * Huron-Wendat Nation, a Huron-Wendat First Nation with a community in Wendake, Quebec * Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi ...
Harbor Patrol, **Huntington Harbormasters Office /Marine Patrol **
Town of Islip Harbor Police A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an or ...
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New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...
** Kent Police Department Marine Patrol Unit, Washington ** Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Water Patrol ** Key West Police Department Marine Unit, Florida ** King County Sheriff's Office Marine/Dive Unit, Washington **
Kern County Parks and Recreation KERN (1180 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Wasco- Greenacres, California, and serving the Bakersfield metropolitan area. The station is owned by American General Media. The radio studios and offices are in the American General M ...
Lake Patrol, California ** Lake County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit, Florida ** Lake County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit, Illinois **
Lake County Sheriff's Department A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much lar ...
Marine Unit, Indiana ** Lake County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol, Ohio **
Levee District Police The Levee District Police (French: ''Police du District de Levee'') is the law enforcement agency responsible for the safety and protection of the Louisiana state levee system. There are several variations of Levee District police offices in the st ...
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Lorain Port Authority Lorain may refer to: Places * Lorain, Ohio * Lorain, Pennsylvania * Lorain, Wisconsin * Lorain County, Ohio ** Lorain County Community College * Lorain Township, Minnesota People * René Lorain (born 1900), French athlete * Sophie Lorain, Canad ...
Marine Patrol, Ohio ** Los Angeles Port Police,
Port of Los Angeles The Port of Los Angeles is a seaport managed by the Los Angeles Harbor Department, a unit of the City of Los Angeles. It occupies of land and water with of waterfront and adjoins the separate Port of Long Beach. Promoted as "America's Port", t ...
, California ** Ludington Marine Patrol (jointly operated by city police and fire departments), Michigan ** Macomb County Sheriff's Office Marine Division, Michigan ** Maine Department of Marine Resources Marine Patrol ** Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Lake Patrol Division, Arizona **
Marin County Sheriff's Office Marin (French) or Marín (Spanish "sailor") may refer to: People * Marin (name), including a list of persons with the given name or surname * MaRin, in-game name of professional South Korean ''League of Legends'' player Jang Gyeong-hwan (born 199 ...
Marine Patrol, California ** Maryland Natural Resources Police ** Maryland Transportation Authority Police Department Marine Unit ** Massachusetts Environmental Police ** Massachusetts State Police Marine Unit ** Metropolitan District Commission Police Department, Connecticut **
Metropolitan Police Department The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and ...
Harbor Patrol, District of Columbia **
Miami-Dade Police Department The Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD), formerly known as the Metro-Dade Police Department (1981–1997), Dade County Public Safety Department (1957–1981), and the Dade County Sheriff's Office (1836–1957), is a county police department ser ...
Marine Patrol, Florida ** Michigan Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division, Marine Patrol ** Milwaukee Police Department Harbor Patrol Unit, Wisconsin ** Missouri State Water Patrol Department of Public Safety,
Jefferson City, Missouri Jefferson City, informally Jeff City, is the capital of Missouri, United States. It had a population of 43,228 at the 2020 census, ranking as the 15th most populous city in the state. It is also the county seat of Cole County and the princip ...
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Muskegon County Sheriff's Office Muskegon ( ') is a city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Muskegon County. Muskegon is known for fishing, sailing regattas, pleasure boating, and as a commercial and cruise ship port. It is a popular vacation destination because of the expans ...
Marine Division, Michigan ** Nassau County Police Department Marine Division,
New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...
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New Hampshire Marine Patrol The New Hampshire Marine Patrol is a division of the New Hampshire Department of Safety. NHMP has jurisdiction on any New Hampshire water body or more (over 1,300 in the state), of river, and approximately of coastline (North to South, not in ...
Department of Safety **
New Jersey State Police The New Jersey State Police (NJSP) is the official state police force of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a general-powers police agency with statewide jurisdiction, designated by troop sectors. History As with other state police organization ...
Marine Services Unit ** New York City Police Department Harbor Unit,
New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...
** New York City Police Department Auxiliary Police Harbor Unit,
New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...
** New York State Police Marine Detail **
North Miami Police Department North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' i ...
Marine Patrol, Florida **
North Miami Beach Police Department North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' i ...
Marine Patrol, Florida **
Oakland County Sheriff's Office The Oakland County Sheriff's Office is the largest sheriff's department in the state of Michigan. The Sheriff's Office had 859 uniformed officers as of 2017, and has jurisdiction over all of Oakland County, with a population of 1.274 million as ...
Marine Unit, Michigan ** Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Watercraft **
Oklahoma City Police Department ) , formedyear = 1889 , formedmonthday = , preceding1 = , dissolved = , superseding = , employees = 1,382 (2020) , volunteers = , budget = $226 million (2021) , nongovernment = , country ...
Lake Patrol Section,
Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
** Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lake Patrol Section (Troop W) ** Olympia Police Department Harbor Patrol, Washington ** Orlando Police Department Marine Patrol Unit, Florida **
Ottawa County Sheriff's Office Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...
Marine Division, Michigan ** Perrysburg Township Police Department Marine Patrol, Ohio ** Philadelphia Police Department Marine Unit, Pennsylvania ** Pittsburgh Bureau of Police River Rescue Unit, Pennsylvania (operated jointly with the city's Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and featured in the movie ''
Striking Distance ''Striking Distance'' is a 1993 American action thriller film starring Bruce Willis as Pittsburgh Police homicide detective Thomas Hardy. The film co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, and Tom Sizemore. It was directed by Rowdy Herringto ...
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Placer County Sheriff's Office Placer may refer to one of the following: *Placer deposit *Placer sheep *Placer mining *Placer (geography), a submerged bank or reef. * Placer, rugby league football role. * Placer, a job title in the Pottery industry. Geographical names: * Place ...
Marine Unit, California **
Polk County Sheriff's Office Polk may refer to: People * James K. Polk, 11th president of the United States * Polk (name), other people with the name Places *Polk (CTA), a train station in Chicago, Illinois * Polk, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Polk, Missouri ...
Marine Unit, Florida ** Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey **
Port of New Orleans Harbor Police Department A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as ...
Patrol Boat Division, Louisiana ** Poulsbo Police Department Marine Patrol, Washington ** Providence Police Department Harbor Patrol, Rhode Island **Putnam County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit, New York ** Rocky River Police Department Marine Patrol, Ohio ** Ross County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Unit, Ohio ** Sacramento County Sheriff's Department Marine Enforcement Detail, California ** Sacramento Police Department Marine Division, California ** San Diego Harbor Police Department Public Safety Agency California **
Sandusky Police Department Sandusky may refer to: Places in the United States Cities and towns * Sandusky, Indiana * Sandusky, Iowa * Sandusky, Michigan * Sandusky, Ohio * Upper Sandusky, Ohio * Sandusky, West Virginia * Sandusky, Wisconsin Townships * Sandusky Township ...
Marine Patrol, Ohio ** Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit, California ** Seattle Police Department Harbor Patrol, Washington ** Suffolk County Police Department Marine Bureau,
New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...
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Suffolk County Sheriff's Office Suffolk County () is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of New York. It is mainly located on the eastern end of Long Island, but also includes several smaller islands. According to the 2020 United States census, the county's population ...
Marine Unit,
New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...
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Summit County Sheriff's Office A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain top) is generally used only for a m ...
Marine Patrol, Ohio ** Tampa Police Department Marine Unit, Florida **
Toledo Police Department Toledo most commonly refers to: * Toledo, Spain, a city in Spain * Province of Toledo, Spain * Toledo, Ohio, a city in the United States Toledo may also refer to: Places Belize * Toledo District * Toledo Settlement Bolivia * Toledo, Orur ...
Harbor Patrol, Ohio ** United States Coast Guard Search and Rescue (SAR) and Law Enforcement Detachments (LEDETS) ** United States Customs and Border Protection: Office of Air and Marine ** United States Park Police Marine Unit ** Vermilion Police Department Marine Patrol Unit, Ohio ** Virginia Marine Resources Commission Law Enforcement Division ** Vermont State Police Marine Division Vermont ** Wayne County Sheriff's Office Marine Division, Michigan ** Webster Police Department Marine Patrol, Massachusetts ** Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Lakes Patrol Unit * ** Ministry of Public Security: Vietnam People's Public Security ***
Department of Traffic Police Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
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Bureau of Water Traffic Patrol and Control Bureau ( ) may refer to: Agencies and organizations *Government agency *Public administration * News bureau, an office for gathering or distributing news, generally for a given geographical location * Bureau (European Parliament), the administrat ...
: Vietnam River Police ****
Bureau of Water Criminal Investigation Bureau ( ) may refer to: Agencies and organizations *Government agency *Public administration * News bureau, an office for gathering or distributing news, generally for a given geographical location * Bureau (European Parliament), the administrat ...
: Vietnam River Police **** River Squadron I **** River Squadron II **** River Squadron III


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Lake Michigan Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the east, its basin is conjoined with that o ...
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Helsinki, Finland Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city' ...
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Town of Oyster Bay The Town of Oyster Bay is the easternmost of the three towns which make up Nassau County, New York, United States. Part of the New York metropolitan area, it is the only town in Nassau County to extend from the North Shore to the South Shore o ...
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Long Island Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ...
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See also

* Coast guard * Police watercraft * ''Water Rats'', Australian television series about water police


References


External links


Dyfed-Powys Police Marine Unit
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