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Water police

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.

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 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. 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. The operators of these vessels are generally trained in many rescue disciplines including first aid, vessel dewatering, 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

Australia

Austria

Bahamas

Bangladesh

Belgium

Bermuda

Canada

Cayman Islands

Finland

France

Germany

Ghana

Gibraltar

Greece

  • Hellenic Coast Guard, whose full name is "Harbour Corps-Hellenic Coast Guard," was originally founded in 1919 as the "Harbour Corps" () 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

  • 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.

Indonesia

India

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Malaysia

Marshall Islands

Monaco

Netherlands

  • Dienst Waterpolitie, water police force, a subdivision of the "Landelijke Eenheid" (LE), the nationwide unit.

New Zealand

Panama

Philippines

Portugal

Russia

Serbia

Singapore

Spain

Sri Lanka

South Africa

Thailand

United Kingdom

United States

Federal
District of Columbia
Alabama
Arizona
California
Connecticut
  • Bridgeport Police Department Marine Unit
  • Candlewood Lake Authority Marine Patrol
  • Columbia Lake Marine Patrol
  • Connecticut Environmental Conservation Police
  • Coventry Marine Patrol
  • Cromwell Police Department Marine Patrol
  • Darien Police Department Marine Division
  • Fairfield Police Department Marine Unit
  • Greenwich Police Department Marine Operations Section, Connecticut
  • Groton City Police Department Marine Patrol
  • Lake Housatonic Authority Marine Patrol
  • Metropolitan District Commission Police Department, Connecticut
  • Middletown Police Department Marine Unit
  • Milford Police Department Marine Patrol
  • Norwalk Police Department Marine Unit
  • Norwich Police Department Harbor Patrol
  • Old Saybrook Police Department Marine Patrol
  • Stamford Police Department Harbor Unit
  • Stratford Police Department Marine Unit
  • Westbrook Police Department Marine Patrol
  • Westport Police Department Marine Division
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
  • Cumberland County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol, conducts seasonal patrols on Sebago Lake
  • Brunswick Police Department Marine Resources Unit
  • Biddeford & Saco Harbor Patrol, a joint patrol between the Biddeford Police Department and Saco Police Department
  • Falmouth Police Department, Marine Unit
  • Maine Marine Patrol, Maine Department of Marine Resources
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Multistate

Vietnam

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