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Police diving is a branch of professional diving carried out by police
Police

Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive , empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force....
 services. Police divers are usually sworn police officers, and may either be employed full-time as divers or as general water police
Water police

Water police, also called harbour patrols, port police, marine/maritime police, nautical patrols, bay constables or river police, are police officers, usually a department of a larger police organisation, who patrol in water craft....
 officers, or be volunteers who usually serve in other units but are called in if their diving services are required.

The activities carried out by police divers include:

"Public safety diving" is a term coined by Steven J Linton in the 1970's to describe underwater rescue, underwater recovery and underwater investigation conducted by divers working for or under the authority of municipal, state or federal agencies.






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Police diving is a branch of professional diving carried out by police
Police

Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive , empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force....
 services. Police divers are usually sworn police officers, and may either be employed full-time as divers or as general water police
Water police

Water police, also called harbour patrols, port police, marine/maritime police, nautical patrols, bay constables or river police, are police officers, usually a department of a larger police organisation, who patrol in water craft....
 officers, or be volunteers who usually serve in other units but are called in if their diving services are required.

The activities carried out by police divers include:
  • search and recovery diving for evidence
    Evidence

    Evidence in its broadest sense includes everything that is used to determine or demonstrate the truth of an assertion. Giving or procuring evidence is the process of using those things that are either a) presumed to be true, or b) were themselves proven via evidence, to demonstrate an assertion's truth....
     and bodies
  • rescue diving for underwater casualties
  • in France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
     and perhaps elsewhere, diving to arrest submerged suspects underwater


"Public safety diving" is a term coined by Steven J Linton in the 1970's to describe underwater rescue, underwater recovery and underwater investigation conducted by divers working for or under the authority of municipal, state or federal agencies. These divers are typically members of police departments, sheriff's offices, fire rescue agencies, search and rescue teams or providers of emergency medical services. Public Safety Divers (PSDs) can be paid by the previously mentioned agencies or non-paid volunteers.

The NAPD or National Academy of Police Diving was made in 1988 by a group of police divers to create a National Standard for police and public safety diver training and certification. It has helped provide training for police officers, fire departments, military divers, and environmental investigators in the following locations, North America, Central America, Russia, Australia, and the Caribbean.

See also

  • Diving activities