Water police, also called bay constables, coastal police, harbor patrols, marine/maritime police/patrol, nautical patrols, port police, or river police are a specialty law enforcement portion of a larger police organization, who patrol in water craft. Their patrol areas may include coastal tidal waters, rivers, estuaries, harbors, lakes, canals or a combination of these.
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 land-based police to reach locations not easily accessible. They may also be responsible for coastal security, environmental law enforcement, immigration and smuggling interdiction, and diving 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, some states have combined the duties of water police with those of conservation officers or state police.
A rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) used by the UK's North West Police Underwater Search & Marine Unit. It is marked as both POLICE and HEDDLU, as it operates in both England and Wales
Equipment used 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 capability through a fixed deck nozzle.[1] The operators of these vessels are generally trained in many rescue disciplines including first aid, vessel dewatering,[2] and firefighting. They may also be trained as divers for rescue and recovery and as boat operators who may engage in towing operations.
Hellenic Coast Guard, whose full name is "Harbour Corps-Hellenic Coast Guard," was originally founded in 1919 as the "Harbour Corps" (Greek: 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 [Corps]" (Λιμενικό) in everyday Greek parlance.
Hong Kong Police ForceMarine Region – The Marine Police patrol 1,651 km2 (637 sq mi) 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.[3][4][5] Was referred to as Water Police until 1948 when it was renamed Marine Police.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Water police news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2007 Learn how and when to remove this template message Water police also called bay constables coastal police harbor patrols marine maritime police patrol nautical patrols port police or river police are a specialty law enforcement portion of a larger police organization who patrol in water craft Their patrol areas may include coastal tidal waters rivers estuaries harbors lakes canals or a combination of these A NYPD boat on patrol in New York Harbor in 2006 Contents 1 Duties and functions 2 List of water police units 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksDuties and functions editWater 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 land based police to reach locations not easily accessible They may also be responsible for coastal security environmental law enforcement immigration and smuggling interdiction and diving 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 some states have combined the duties of water police with those of conservation officers or state police nbsp A rigid hulled inflatable boat RHIB used by the UK s North West Police Underwater Search amp Marine Unit It is marked as both POLICE and HEDDLU as it operates in both England and WalesEquipment used 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 capability through a fixed deck nozzle 1 The operators of these vessels are generally trained in many rescue disciplines including first aid vessel dewatering 2 and firefighting They may also be trained as divers for rescue and recovery and as boat operators who may engage in towing operations List of water police units edit nbsp Rescue Exercise nbsp Australia Australian Federal Police 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 nbsp Austria Federal Police Austria Water Police of Austria especially Vienna nbsp Bahamas Royal Bahamas Police Force Harbour Patrol nbsp Belgium Belgian Federal Police Water Police Branch DAC nbsp Bermuda Bermuda Police Marine Unit nbsp Canada National Royal Canadian Mounted Police West Coast Marine Detachment Police units usually the RCMP can join the Canadian Coast Guard on patrol British Columbia Vancouver Police Department Marine Squad Victoria Police Department Marine Unit Ontario Barrie Police Service Marine Unit Brockville Police Service Marine Patrol Unit Durham Regional Police Service Marine Unit Hamilton Police Service Halton Regional Police 1 Marine Unit London Police Service Marine Patrol Unit 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 Toronto Police Service Marine Unit formed in 1982 to replace Toronto Harbour Commission Port Police and Harbour Police units York Regional Police Service Marine Unit Manitoba Winnipeg Police Service River Patrol and Underwater Search and Recovery Unit Nova Scotia Halifax Regional Police Lake Patrol Quebec Montreal City Police Service Nautical Patrol Saskatchewan Regina Police Service Underwater Investigation and Recovery Team Saskatoon Police Service River Patrol Detail nbsp Cayman Islands Royal Cayman Islands Police Marine Section nbsp Finland Helsinki Police Department Boat Unit nbsp France Maritime Gendarmerie nbsp Germany Federal Police units embedded within the Coast Guard Water Protection Police units of the following State Police Baden Wurttemberg Police Bavarian State Police Berlin Police Brandenburg Police Bremen Police Hamburg Police Hesse State Police Lower Saxony Police Mecklenburg Vorpommern Police North Rhine Westphalia Police Rhineland Palatinate Police Saarland Police Saxony Police Saxony Anhalt Police Schleswig Holstein Police nbsp Ghana Marine Police Unit nbsp Gibraltar Gibraltar Services Police Marine Unit a civil police force which guards and enforces law on UK Ministry of Defence installations in Gibraltar Royal Gibraltar Police Marine Section nbsp Greece Hellenic Coast Guard whose full name is Harbour Corps Hellenic Coast Guard was originally founded in 1919 as the Harbour Corps Greek Limeniko Swma to act as Greece s maritime and harbour police It still performs this role and it is often referred to as the Harbour Corps Limeniko in everyday Greek parlance nbsp Hong Kong Hong Kong Police Force Marine Region The Marine Police patrol 1 651 km2 637 sq mi 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 3 4 5 Was referred to as Water Police until 1948 when it was renamed Marine Police nbsp Indonesia Indonesian National Police Polisi Perairan POLAIR 6 nbsp India Kerala Coastal Police coastal security division of Kerala State Police nbsp Ireland Garda Siochana Water Unit nbsp Israel Israeli Police Marine Police nbsp Italy Corps of the Port Captaincies Coast Guard Maritime police Guardia di Finanza Marine Police Section nbsp Jamaica Jamaica Constabulary Force Marine Division nbsp Malaysia Royal Malaysian Police Marine Operations Force Marshall Islands Kwajalein Police Department Marine Police Section nbsp Monaco Monaco Police Force Marine Division nbsp Netherlands Dienst Waterpolitie water police force a subdivision of the Landelijke Eenheid LE the nationwide unit nbsp New Zealand New Zealand Police Maritime Policing Unit nbsp Panama National Aeronaval Service nbsp Philippines Philippine National Police Philippine National Police Maritime Group nbsp Portugal Policia Maritima Maritime Police Republican National Guard Portugal Unidade de Controlo Costeiro Coast Control Unit nbsp Russia Police of Russia s Water Police Saint Petersburg Police s river police Moscow Police s river police FSB s Russian Coast Guard National Guard Maritime Unit nbsp Serbia Police of Serbia s River Police nbsp Singapore Singapore Police Force Police Coast Guard nbsp Spain Guardia Civil Guardia Civil del Mar Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera Customs nbsp Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Police Service Marine Division nbsp South Africa South African Police Service Water Wing nbsp United Kingdom Devon and Cornwall Constabulary Marine Operations Section Dyfed Powys Police Marine Unit Dorset Police Marine Section Essex Police Marine and Diving Unit Hampshire Constabulary Marine Unit Kent Police Marine Unit Lothian and Borders Police Marine Section Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit formerly Thames Division Ministry of Defence Police Marine Unit Norfolk Constabulary Broads policing unit by boat with support from Broads beat officers on land Northumbria Police Marine Unit North West Police Underwater Search amp Marine Unit Police Scotland Dive and Marine Unit nbsp United States Federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement United States Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachments LEDETS Maritime Law Enforcement Specialist United States Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations United States Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement United States Park Police Marine Unit District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department Harbor Patrol Alabama Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Marine Resources In 2013 The Marine Police Division was merged into the Alabama Department of Public Safety s Marine Patrol Division Arizona Maricopa County Sheriff s Office Lake Patrol Division Arizona California East Bay Regional Park District Police Department Marine Patrol Unit California El Dorado County Sheriff s Office Boat Patrol California Los Angeles Port Police Port of Los Angeles California Kern County Parks and Recreation Lake Patrol California Marin County Sheriff s Office Marine Patrol California Placer County Sheriff s Office Marine Unit California Sacramento County Sheriff s Department Marine Enforcement Detail California Sacramento Police Department Marine Division California San Diego Harbor Police Department Public Safety Agency California Santa Barbara County Sheriff s Office Marine Unit California Connecticut Connecticut Environmental Conservation Police Greenwich Police Department Marine Operations Section Connecticut Metropolitan District Commission Police Department Connecticut Delaware Delaware Natural Resources Police Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Division of Fish and Wildlife Delaware River and Bay Authority Police Department Marine Unit Dover Police Department Marine Patrol Section Delaware Florida Boynton Beach Police Department Marine Patrol Florida Daytona Beach Police Department Marine Unit Florida Florida Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Park Patrol Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Law Enforcement Fort Lauderdale Police Department Marine Unit Florida Hollywood Police Department Marine Unit Florida Key West Police Department Marine Unit Florida Lake County Sheriff s Office Marine Unit Florida Miami Dade Police Department Marine Patrol Florida North Miami Police Department Marine Patrol Florida North Miami Beach Police Department Marine Patrol Florida Orlando Police Department Marine Patrol Unit Florida Polk County Sheriff s Office Marine Unit Florida Tampa Police Department Marine Unit Florida Georgia Chatham County Police Department Marine Patrol Unit Georgia Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division Illinois Chicago Police Department Marine Unit Illinois Lake County Sheriff s Office Marine Unit Illinois Indiana Lake County Sheriff s Department Marine Unit Indiana Iowa Des Moines Police Department Waterway Operations Unit Iowa Kentucky Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Water Patrol Louisiana Levee District Police Louisiana Port of New Orleans Harbor Police Department Patrol Boat Division Louisiana Maine Falmouth Police Department Marine Unit Maine Marine Patrol Maine Department of Marine Resources Maryland Baltimore Police Department Marine Unit Maryland Baltimore County Police Department Marine Unit Maryland Maryland Natural Resources Police Maryland Transportation Authority Police Department Marine Unit Massachusetts Barnstable Police Department Marine Division Massachusetts Boston Police Department Harbor Unit Massachusetts Massachusetts Environmental Police Massachusetts State Police Marine Unit Webster Police Department Marine Patrol Massachusetts Michigan Detroit Police Department Harbor Master Unit Michigan Ludington Marine Patrol jointly operated by city police and fire departments 7 Michigan Macomb County Sheriff s Office Marine Division Michigan Michigan Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division Marine Patrol Muskegon County Sheriff s Office Marine Division Michigan Oakland County Sheriff s Office Marine Unit Michigan Ottawa County Sheriff s Office Marine Division Michigan Wayne County Sheriff s Office Marine Division Michigan Minnesota Hennepin County Minnesota Sheriff s Office Water Patrol Hennepin County Minnesota Missouri Missouri State Water Patrol Department of Public Safety Jefferson City Missouri New Hampshire New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Law Enforcement Division New Hampshire Marine Patrol Department of Safety New Jersey New Jersey Conservation Police New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection New Jersey State Police Marine Services Unit New York Town of Babylon Public Safety Department Marine Patrols Bay Constables New York Erie County Sheriff s Office Marine Patrol Unit New York Evans Police Department Marine Rescue and Recovery Unit New York Huntington Harbormasters Office Marine Patrol Town of Islip Harbor Police New York Nassau County Police Department Marine Division New York New York Environmental Conservation Police New York Department of Environmental Conservation New York City Police Department Harbor Unit New York New York City Police Department Auxiliary Police Harbor Unit New York New York State Police Marine Detail Putnam County Sheriff s Office Marine Unit New York Suffolk County Police Department Marine Bureau New York Suffolk County Sheriff s Office Marine Unit New York North Carolina Catawba County Sheriff s Office Lake Patrol Unit 2 North Carolina Marine Patrol Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department Lakes Enforcement Division North Carolina Cornelius Police Department Lake Patrol Unit Cornelius North Carolina Gaston County Police Department Marine Enforcement Division North Carolina Ohio Butler County Sheriff s Office Marine Patrol Ohio Hamilton County Sheriff s Office Marine Patrol Unit Ohio Henry County Sheriff s Office Marine Patrol Division Ohio Huron Police Department Harbor Patrol Lake County Sheriff s Office Marine Patrol Ohio Lorain Port Authority Marine Patrol Ohio Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Watercraft Perrysburg Township Police Department Marine Patrol Ohio Rocky River Police Department Marine Patrol Ohio Ross County Sheriff s Office Marine Patrol Unit Ohio Sandusky Police Department Marine Patrol Ohio Summit County Sheriff s Office Marine Patrol Ohio Toledo Police Department Harbor Patrol Ohio Vermilion Police Department Marine Patrol Unit Ohio Oklahoma Oklahoma City Police Department Lake Patrol Section Oklahoma Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lake Patrol Section Troop W Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Bureau of Law Enforcement 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 Rhode Island Providence Police Department Harbor Patrol Rhode Island Rhode Island Environmental Police Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management South Carolina Charleston Police Department Harbor Patrol South Carolina Division of Law Enforcement South Carolina Division of Natural Resources Tennessee Hamilton County Sheriff s Office Marine Division Tennessee Texas Austin Park Police Texas Vermont Colchester Police Department Marine Unit Colchester Vermont Vermont State Police Marine Division Vermont Virginia Henrico County Division of Police Marine Patrol Virginia Virginia Marine Police Law Enforcement Division Virginia Marine Resources Commission Washington Anacortes Police Department Marine Patrol Washington Kent Police Department Marine Patrol Unit Washington King County Sheriff s Office Marine Dive Unit Washington Olympia Police Department Harbor Patrol Washington Poulsbo Police Department Marine Patrol Washington Seattle Police Department Harbor Patrol Washington Wisconsin Dane County Sheriff s Office Marine Patrol Division Wisconsin Milwaukee Police Department Harbor Patrol Unit Wisconsin Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Lakes Patrol Unit Multistate Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department Port Authority of New York and New Jersey nbsp Vietnam Ministry of Public Security Vietnam People s Public Security Department of Traffic Police 8 Vietnam Traffic Police Bureau of Water Traffic Patrol and Control Vietnam River Police Bureau of Water Criminal Investigation Vietnam River Police River Squadron I River Squadron II River Squadron IIIGallery edit nbsp A Metropolitan Police launch on the River Thames in London nbsp Patrol boat of the Wasserschutzpolizei of Hamburg Germany nbsp A Chicago Police Department boat on Lake Michigan nbsp Police boat in Poole Harbour Dorset England nbsp Helsinki Police Department patrol Boats 491 192 and 493 in front of ice breaker Voima at Katajanokka Helsinki Finland nbsp Town of Oyster Bay constable on patrol in waters on the north shore of Long Island NY nbsp Boats of the Marine Section of the Bermuda Police Service at Barr s Bay in Hamilton Bermuda nbsp Italian Maritime Police Patrol boat nbsp Indonesian POLAIR Marine Police Patrol Boat nbsp Consortium one of the vessels used by the UK s North West Police Underwater Search amp Marine Unit nbsp A Cheetah catamaran acquired by the UK s North West Police Underwater Search amp Marine Unit in 2012 to be used during the London Olympics nbsp Hong Kong Police Force Marine Region Police Launch 80 nbsp Toronto Police Marine Unit nbsp Water police patrol boat on the Vistula river in Warsaw Poland nbsp Basque Police Ertzaintza Patrol boatSee also editCoast guard Police watercraft Water Rats Australian television series about water policeReferences edit Deck Guns Know Your Flow Fire Engineering 2019 10 01 Retrieved 2021 12 22 Dewatering Control System seapart com Retrieved 2021 12 22 Chapter 1 History The First Century Hong Kong Police Force www police gov hk Retrieved 2022 12 02 香港警務處 警隊歷史 水警總區 Website http polair polri go id Marine Patrol Ludington MI Official Website CỤC CẢNH SAT GIAO THONG Cục cảnh sat giao thong External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Water police Dyfed Powys Police Marine Unit 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