Police watercraft

Police watercraft are boats or other vessels that are used by police agencies to patrol bodies of water. They are usually employed on major rivers,[1] in enclosed harbors near cities or in places where a stronger presence than that offered by the Harbourmaster or coast guard is needed.

Police boat of the NYPD

Police boats sometimes have high-performance engines in order to catch up with fleeing fugitives on the water. They have been used since the beginning of the 20th century.[2]

Types of police boats
  • Boats of the Bermuda Police Service Marine Section at Barr's Bay.
  • Combined police/fireboat in Bremen, Germany.
  • Police patrol boats in Helsinki, Finland.
  • Police boat, Liverpool, England, October 2009
  • London Metropolitan Police boatGabriel Franks on the Thames in 2005
  • London Metropolitan Police boat John Harriott IV on the Thames.
  • London Metropolitan Police boat Nina Mackay II on the Thames in 2013
  • SAFE Boats 33' RIB of the Los Angeles Port Police.
  • Netherlands Police boats in the Biesbosch in 2008
  • Netherlands Police jet ski on the Lek 2012.
  • New South Wales Police Force vessel OPV Nemesis.
  • New South Wales Police Force boat patrolling Port Jackson.
  • Anti terrorism Police boat in Venice

See also

References
  1. Thames Police Museum
  2. 1903 New York Harbor Police boat patrol capturing pirates Archived 2007-08-13 at the Wayback Machine

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