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

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s, usually a department of a larger police organization, who patrol in water craft. Their patrol areas may be coastal

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waters,

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harbor A harbor (American English), harbour (British English; see spelling differences), or haven is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked. The term ''harbor'' is often used interchangeably with ''port'', which is a ...

lake 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 large ...

canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flo ...

s 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 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 enforcement,

immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, a ...

and smuggling patrols, and

diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), a ...

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 officer A conservation officer is a law enforcement officer who protects wildlife and the environment. A conservation officer may also be referred to as an environmental technician or technologist, game warden, forest ranger, forest watcher, forest g ...

North West Police Underwater Search & Marine Unit RIB

Equipment ranges from

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and

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s to large seagoing craft, but most police vessels are small to medium, fast

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s. In some areas these vessels incorporate a firefighting capability through a fixed deck nozzle. The operators of these vessels are generally trained in many rescue disciplines including

first aid First aid is the first and immediate assistance given to any person with either a minor or serious illness or injury, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, or to promote recovery. It includes initial in ...

, 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

** Australian Federal Police Water Police **

New South Wales Police The New South Wales Police Force (NSW Police Force; previously the New South Wales Police Service and New South Wales Police) is the primary law enforcement agency of the state of New South Wales, Australia. Divided into Police Area Commands (P ...

Marine Area Command **

Northern Territory Police The Northern Territory Police Force is the police body that has legal jurisdiction over the Northern Territory of Australia. This police service has 1,537 police members (as at 31 July 2019) made up of 79 senior sergeants, 228 sergeants, 839 con ...

Marine and Fisheries Enforcement Unit **

Queensland Police The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is the principal law enforcement agency responsible for policing the Australian state of Queensland. In 1990, the Queensland Police Force was officially renamed the Queensland Police Service and the old motto ...

Water Police **

South Australia Police South Australia Police (SAPOL) is the police force of the Australian state of South Australia. SAPOL is an independent statutory agency of the Government of South Australia directed by the Commissioner of Police, who reports to the Minister for ...

Water Operations Unit **

Tasmania Police Tasmania Police is the primary law enforcement agency of the Australian state of Tasmania. Established in 1899, the force has more than 1,300 officers policing Tasmania's population of over half a million people. History Colonial history Prior ...

Marine and Rescue Services **

Victoria Police Victoria Police is the primary law enforcement agency of the Australian state of Victoria. It was formed in 1853 and currently operates under the ''Victoria Police Act 2013''. , Victoria Police had over 22,300 staff, comprising over 16,700 ...

Water Police Squad **

Western Australia Police The Western Australia Police Force, colloquially WAPOL, provides police services throughout the state of Western Australia, an area of 2.5 million square kilometres, the world's largest non-federated area of jurisdiction, with a population ...

Water Police Branch * **

Federal Police (Austria) The Federal Police ( de-AT, Bundespolizei) is the national and principal law enforcement agency of Austria. The Federal Police was formed in July 2005 as one formal unit of police. In 2005, the Federal Police replaced the Austrian Federal Gendar ...

Water Police of Austria (especially Vienna) * **

Royal Bahamas Police Force The Royal Bahamas Police Force is the national law enforcement agency of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. It operates within the portfolio of the Ministry of National Security. The police force was established on 1 March 1840 and is headquartered ...

Harbour Patrol * ** Belgian Federal Police Water Police Branch (DAC) * **

Bermuda Police The Bermuda Police Service is the law enforcement agency of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. It is responsible for policing the entire archipelago, including incorporated municipalities, and the surrounding waters. It is part of, and ...

Marine Unit * **

Barrie Police Service The Barrie Police Service (BPS) is the police service of the city of Barrie, Ontario, Canada. It is made up of 218 police personnel and 94 civilians that serve a population of 135,711, as of 2011, in an area covering . The chief of police is the ...

Marine Unit **

Brockville Police Service The Brockville Police Service provides policing services for Brockville, the community of the Thousand Islands region on the St. Lawrence River in Eastern Ontario, Canada. Known as the "City of the 1000 Islands", Brockville (population 21,854 in 2 ...

Marine Patrol Unit ** Durham Regional Police Service 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 The Hamilton Police Service (HPS) is the police service of the City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. With 829 officers and 414 civilians employed under the service. It serves roughly Hamilton’s 545,000 residents. The Hamilton Police Service has ...

Halton Regional Police The Halton Regional Police Service provides policing service for the Regional Municipality of Halton, which is located west of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. Halton Region encompasses the City of Burlington and the Towns of Oakville, Milton and ...

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Marine Unit **

London Police Service The London Police Service (LPS), or simply ''London Police'', is the municipal law enforcement agency in London, Ontario, Canada. The LPS does not enforce federal statutes including the '' Criminal Code'', provincial offences such as the ''High ...

Marine Patrol Unit ** Montreal City Police Service Nautical Patrol **

Niagara Regional Police Service The Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) provides policing services for the Regional Municipality of Niagara in the Canadian province of Ontario. The NRPS was established on January 1, 1971, and is the oldest regional police service in Ontario ...

Marine Unit **

Ontario Provincial Police The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is the provincial police service of Ontario, Canada. Under its provincial mandate, the OPP patrols provincial highways and waterways, protects provincial government buildings and officials, patrols unincorp ...

– regional Marine Units and Underwater Search and Recovery Unit **

Ottawa Police Service The Ottawa Police Service (OPS; French: ''Service de police d'Ottawa'') is a municipal police force in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The OPS serves an area of 2,790 square kilometres and 1,017,449 (2021 census) people alongside several other police ...

Marine/Underwater Unit **

Peel Regional Police The Peel Regional Police (PRP) provide policing services for Peel Region (excluding Caledon) in Ontario, Canada. It is the second largest municipal police service in Ontario after the Toronto Police Service and third largest municipal force in C ...

Marine Unit **

Regina Police Service Regina (Latin for "queen") may refer to: Places Canada * Regina, Saskatchewan, the capital city of the province ** Regina (electoral district) ** Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina France * Régina, French Guiana, a commune United States * ...

Underwater Investigation and Recovery Team **

Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal police, federal and national police service of ...

West Coast Marine Detachment **

Saskatoon Police Service Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) is the municipal police service in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It holds both municipal and provincial jurisdiction. Police Chief Troy Cooper is the head of the service. The deputy chiefs are Deputy Chief Randy ...

River Patrol Detail **

Toronto Police Service The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is a municipal police force in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the primary agency responsible for providing law enforcement and policing services in Toronto. Established in 1834, it was the first local police ser ...

Marine Unit – formed in 1982 to replace

Toronto Harbour Commission The Toronto Harbour Commission (THC) was a joint federal-municipal government agency based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The agency managed Toronto Harbour as well as being responsible for major works along the Toronto waterfront. It built both ...

Port Police and Harbour Police units. **

Vancouver Police Department The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) (french: Service de police de Vancouver) is the police force for the City of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several police departments within the Metro Vancouver Area and is the second ...

Marine Squad **

Victoria Police Department The Victoria Police Department (VicPD) is the municipal police force for the City of Victoria and the Township of Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada. It is the oldest municipal police department in Canada west of the Great Lakes, the first Can ...

Marine Unit **

Winnipeg Police Service The Winnipeg Police Service is the police force of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. History When Winnipeg became a city, in 1873, an election was held to select the city's new mayor and aldermen. Those appointed decided to hire city o ...

River Patrol and Underwater Search and Recovery Unit ** York Regional Police Service Marine Unit * Cayman Islands ** Royal Cayman Islands Police Marine Section * **

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Police Department Boat Unit * **

Maritime Gendarmerie The Maritime Gendarmerie (french: Gendarmerie maritime) is a component of the French National Gendarmerie under operational control of the chief of staff of the French Navy. It employs 1,157 personnel and operates around thirty patrol boats and h ...

* **

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units embedded within the

Coast Guard A coast guard or coastguard is a maritime security organization of a particular country. The term embraces wide range of responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with customs and security duties to ...

** Water Protection Police units of the following State Police: ***

Baden-Württemberg Police Baden-Württemberg Police is a state law-enforcement agency in Germany. It numbers approximately 25,000 police officers and 7,000 civilian employees. The four regional police authorities (called ''Landespolizeidirektionen'' in BW) are headquart ...

***

Bavarian State Police The Bavarian State Police (german: Bayerische Staatliche Polizei) is the state police force of the German state of Bavaria under the umbrella of the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior. It has approximately 33,500 armed officers and roughly 8,500 o ...

*** Berlin Police *** Brandenburg Police *** Bremen Police ***

Hamburg Police The Hamburg Police (german: Hamburger Polizei or ) is the German Landespolizei force for the city-state of Hamburg. Law enforcement in Germany is divided between federal and state (Land) agencies. A precursor to the agency, the ''Polizei-Behörd ...

***

Hesse State Police The Hessen State Police ( German: ''Hessische Polizei'') numbers approximately 15,500 police officers and 2,500 civilian employees. Organisation The seven regional police authorities are headquartered in Kassel (Nordhessen), Giessen (Mitt ...

*** Lower Saxony Police ***

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Police Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

***

North Rhine-Westphalia Police The North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) State Police Force is the largest of the sixteen German state police forces with 50,000 personnel. Organisation Constabularies NRW has 47 police constabularies. The 18 urban constabularies are headed by a Pres ...

***

Rhineland-Palatinate Police The Rhineland-Palatinate State Police is the state police (''Landespolizei'') of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate and numbers ca. 9,000 police officers. The five regional police authorities are headquartered in Koblenz, Trier, Mainz ...

***

Saarland Police Saarland Police (German: ''Landespolizei Saarland)'' is a state law-enforcement agency in Saarland, Germany. It is subordinated to the Saar Ministry of the Interior, Urban Development and Sports. Responsibilities The Police in Saarland are res ...

*** Saxony Police *** Saxony-Anhalt Police *** Schleswig-Holstein Police * ** 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 The Royal Gibraltar Police (RGP) is, along with His Majesty's Customs (Gibraltar), the principal civilian law enforcement agency in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. It is the oldest police force in the Commonwealth of Nations outside ...

Marine Section * **

Hellenic Coast Guard The Hellenic Coast Guard ( el, Λιμενικό Σώμα-Ελληνική Ακτοφυλακή, Limeniko Soma-Elliniki Aktofylaki, Port Corps-Hellenic Coast Guard) is the national coast guard of Greece. Like many other coast guards, it is a para ...

, 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

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(Λιμενικό) in everyday Greek parlance. * **

Hong Kong Police Force The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) is the primary law enforcement, investigative agency, and largest disciplined service under the Security Bureau of Hong Kong. The Royal Hong Kong Police Force (RHKPF) reverted to its former name after the t ...

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. 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 – ''Polisi Perairan'' (POLAIR) * ** Kerala Coastal Police, coastal security division of Kerala State Police * ** Garda Síochána Water Unit * ** Israeli Police Marine Police * **

Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard The Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard () is the coast guard of Italy and is part of the Italian Navy under the control of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. Its head office is in Rome. Missions The missions of the Itali ...

Maritime police **

Guardia di Finanza The ''Guardia di Finanza'' (G. di F. or GdF) () (English: literal: ''Guard of Finance'', paraphrased: ''Financial Police'' or ''Financial Guard'') is an Italian law enforcement agency under the authority of the Minister of Economy and Finance. ...

Marine Police Section * **

Jamaica Constabulary Force The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is the official police force of Jamaica. Role The force is the arm of the Ministry which is responsible for the maintenance of law and order, the prevention and detection of crime, the investigation of all ...

Marine Division * **

Royal Malaysian Police The Royal Malaysia Police (often abbreviated RMP) ( ms, Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM)), is a (primarily) uniformed national and federal police force in Malaysia. The force is a centralised organisation. Its headquarters are located at Bukit Ama ...

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** 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 Maritime Policing Unit * **

National Aeronaval Service The National Aeronaval Service of Panama, also called SENAN (abbreviation for es, Servicio Nacional Aeronaval), is a branch of the Panamanian Public Forces which is responsible for carrying out naval and air operations. Its role is to perform pro ...

* ** Philippine National Police ***

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* ** Polícia Marítima Maritime Police **

Republican National Guard (Portugal) The National Republican Guard ( pt, Guarda Nacional Republicana) or GNR is the national gendarmerie force of Portugal. Members of the GNR are military personnel, subject to military law and organisation, unlike the agents of the civilian Publi ...

Unidade de Controlo Costeiro (Coast Control Unit) * **

Police of Russia The Police of Russia () is the national law-enforcement agency in Russia, operating under the Ministry of Internal Affairs from . It was established by decree from Peter the Great and in 2011, replacing the Militsiya, the former police service ...

's Water Police ***

Saint Petersburg Police The Saint Petersburg Police (russian: полиция Санкт-Петербурга), officially the Main Administration for Internal Affairs of the City of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast (Главное управление внут ...

'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 The Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB (russian: Береговая охрана Пограничной службы ФСБ России, Beregovaya okhrana Pogranichnoy sluzhby FSB Rossii), previously known as the Maritime Units of the ...

National Guard National Guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original National Guard was formed during the French Revolution around a cadre of defectors from the French Guards. Nat ...

Maritime Unit * **

Police of Serbia The Police of Serbia ( sr, Полиција Србије, Policija Srbije), formally the Police of the Republic of Serbia ( sr, Полиција Републике Србије, Policija Republike Srbije), commonly abbreviated to Serbian Police ( s ...

's River Police * **

Singapore Police Force The Singapore Police Force (SPF) is the national and principal Police, law enforcement agency responsible for the prevention of crime and law enforcement in the Republic of Singapore. It is the country's lead agency against organised crime; huma ...

Police Coast Guard * **

Guardia Civil The Civil Guard ( es, Guardia Civil, link=no; ) is the oldest law enforcement agency in Spain and is one of two national police forces. As a national gendarmerie force, it is military in nature and is responsible for civil policing under the au ...

Guardia Civil del Mar ** Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera (Customs) * **

Sri Lanka Police Service (The one who lives by the Dhamma is protected by the Dhamma itself) , mission = , formedyear = , preceding1 = Ceylon Police Force (1866–1972) , dissolved = , superseding = , employees = ...

Marine Division * **

South African Police Service The South African Police Service (SAPS) is the national police force of the Republic of South Africa. Its 1,154 police stations in South Africa are divided according to the provincial borders, and a Provincial Commissioner is appointed in ea ...

Water Wing * **

Devon and Cornwall Constabulary Devon and Cornwall Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial counties of Devon and Cornwall (including the Isles of Scilly) in England. The force serves approximately 1.8 million people over an area of . Hi ...

Marine Operations Section ** Dyfed-Powys Police Marine Unit **

Dorset Police Dorset Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Dorset in the south-west of England, which includes the largely rural area covered by Dorset Council, and the urban conurbation of Bournemouth, Christchurch ...

Marine Section ** Essex Police Marine and Diving Unit **

Hampshire Constabulary The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in South East England.Hampshire Constabulary, 2012 Retrieved 27 April 2012 The force area inc ...

Marine Unit ** Kent Police Marine Unit **

Lothian and Borders Police Lothian and Borders Police was the territorial police force for the Scottish council areas of the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian between 1975 and 2013. The force's headquarters were in Fettes ...

Marine Section **

Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit The Marine Policing Unit (MPU) is the waterborne policing unit of London's Metropolitan Police Service, forming part of the Met Taskforce (MO7) within Met Operations. Its 22 vessels are responsible for waterborne policing of the River Thames in ...

(formerly Thames Division) **

Ministry of Defence Police The Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) is a civilian special police force which is part of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence. The MDP's primary responsibilities are to provide armed security and counter terrorism services to designated hig ...

Marine Unit ** Norfolk Constabulary Broads policing unit by boat with support from 'Broads beat' officers on land **

Northumbria Police Northumbria Police is a territorial police force in England. It is responsible for policing the metropolitan boroughs of Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and the City of Sunderland, as well as the ceremonial c ...

Marine Unit ** North West Police Underwater Search & Marine Unit **

Strathclyde Police Strathclyde Police was the territorial police force responsible for the Scottish council areas of Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfre ...

Marine Policing Unit * **

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) is the state agency responsible for the conservation and management of Alabama's natural resources including state parks, state lands, wildlife and aquatic resources. ADCNR also ...

Marine Police Division ** Anacortes Police Department Marine Patrol,

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** Austin Park Police,

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** Town of Babylon Public Safety Department Marine Patrols/Bay Constables, New York ** Baltimore Police Department Marine Unit,

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** Baltimore County Police Department Marine Unit,

** Barnstable Police Department Marine Division,

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Boston Police Department The Boston Police Department (BPD), dating back to 1854, holds the primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest municipal police department in the United States. The ...

Harbor Unit,

** Boynton Beach Police Department Marine Patrol,

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Marine Patrol,

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** Catawba County Sheriff's Office Lake Patrol Uni

** Charleston Police Department Harbor Patrol,

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Lakes Enforcement Division,

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Chatham County Police Department Chatham may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Canada * Chatham Islands (British Columbia) * Chatham Sound, British Columbia * Chatham, New Brunswick, a former town, now a neighbourhood of Miramichi * Chatham (electoral district), New Brunswic ...

Marine Patrol Unit,

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** Chicago Police Department Marine Unit,

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** Colchester Police Department Marine Unit,

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Cornelius Police Department Cornelius may refer to: People * Cornelius (name), Roman family name and a masculine given name * Pope Cornelius, pope from AD 251 to 253 * St. Cornelius (disambiguation), multiple saints * Cornelius (musician), stage name of Keigo Oyamada * Metr ...

Lake Patrol Unit Cornelius, North Carolina ** Dane County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Division,

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Daytona Beach Police Department The Daytona Beach Police Department (DBPD) is the primary law enforcement agency for Daytona Beach, Florida. There are 241 sworn full-time police officers, 105 sworn part-time officers and 81 civilians on the force which is headed by Jakari Young ...

Marine Unit,

Delaware River and Bay Authority The Delaware River and Bay Authority or DRBA is a bi-state government agency of the U.S. states of New Jersey and Delaware established by an interstate compact in 1962. The authority operates the Delaware Memorial twin suspension bridges, t ...

Police Department Marine Unit ** Des Moines Police Department Waterway Operations Unit,

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Harbor Master Unit,

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Marine Patrol Section,

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** East Bay Regional Park District Police Department Marine Patrol Unit,

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** El Dorado County Sheriff's Office Boat Patrol,

** Erie County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Unit, New York ** Evans Police Department Marine Rescue and Recovery Unit, New York **

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Bureau of Park Patrol **

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Marine Unit,

** Gaston County Police Department Marine Enforcement Division,

** Greenwich Police Department Marine Operations Section,

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** Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Unit,

** Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Marine Division,

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** Hennepin County, Minnesota Sheriff's Office Water Patrol,

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File:Police.boat.london.arp.jpg, A Metropolitan Police launch on the River Thames in London File:Cuxhaven polizei buergermeister brauer.jpg, Patrol boat of the Wasserschutzpolizei of Hamburg/Germany File:CPD boat.jpg, A Chicago Police Department boat on Lake Michigan File:Police.boat.at.poole.arp.jpg, Police boat in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England File:Helsinki Boat Police 491 492 493.jpg, Helsinki Police Department patrol Boats 491, 192, and 493 in front of ice breaker MS Voima, Voima at Katajanokka, Helsinki, Finland. File:Bay Constable On Patrol.jpg, Town of Oyster Bay constable on patrol in waters on the north shore of Long Island, NY File:Bermuda Police Marine Section boats.jpg, Police boat, Boats of the Marine Section of the Bermuda Police Service at Barr's Bay, in Hamilton, Bermuda, Hamilton, Bermuda. File:CP 302.jpg, Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard, Italian Maritime Police Patrol boat File:Indonesian Police Patrol Boat.jpg, Indonesian POLAIR (Marine Police) Patrol Boat File:Consortium.jpg, Consortium, one of the vessels used by the UK's North West Police Underwater Search & Marine Unit File:North West Police Underwater Search & Marine Unit Cheetah catamaran.JPG, A Cheetah catamaran acquired by the UK's North West Police Underwater Search & Marine Unit in 2012, to be used during the 2012 Summer Olympics, London Olympics File:HK Police Department Ship No80.jpg,

Police Launch 80 File:TorontoPoliceMarineUnit.jpg, Toronto Police Marine Unit File:Patrol Komisariatu Rzecznego Policji w Warszawie 01.JPG, Water police patrol boat on Vistula, the Vistula river in Warsaw, Poland File:Itsas Zain.jpg, ertzaintza, Basque Police (Ertzaintza) Patrol boat

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Duties and functions

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