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Water police, also called harbour patrols, port police, marine/maritime police, nautical patrols, bay constables or river police, are 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....
 officers, usually a department of a larger police organisation, who patrol in water craft.






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Water police, also called harbour patrols, port police, marine/maritime police, nautical patrols, bay constables or river police, are 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....
 officers, usually a department of a larger police organisation, who patrol in water craft. Their patrol areas may be coastal sea
SEA

See also: Sea and seasThe three-letter acronym SEA may refer to:People/organizations/businesses*Scientists and Engineers for America, a pro-science political advocacy group....
 waters, river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
s, estuaries
Estuary

An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
, harbours, lake
Lake

A lake is a terrain feature , a body of liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom of basin and moves slowly if it moves at all....
s, canal
Canal

Canals are artificial channels for water. There are two types of canals: Aqueduct canals, which are used for the conveyance and delivery of water, and waterways, which are navigable transportation canals used for passage of goods and people, often connected to existing lakes, rivers, or oceans....
s 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
Search and rescue

Search and rescue is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger....
 services (either as the main provider or as an initial response unit before more specialised units arrive), and allowing the police to reach locations not easily accessible from land. They may also be responsible for coastal security, conservation law enforcement, immigration
Immigration

While the movement of people has thought throughout history at various levels, modern immigration tourism are considered non-immigrants . Immigration that violates the immigration laws of the destination country is termed illegal immigration or undocumented immigration....
 and smuggling
Smuggling

Smuggling, also known as trafficking, is the clandestine transportation of goods or persons past a point where prohibited, such as out of a building, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of the law or other rules....
 patrols, and diving
Police diving

Police diving is a branch of professional diving carried out by police services. Police divers are usually sworn police officers, and may either be employed full-time as divers or as general water police officers, or be volunteers who usually serve in other units but are called in if their diving services are required....
 search operations (although many police organisations 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.

Equipment ranges from personal water craft
Personal water craft

A personal water craft is a recreational watercraft that the rider sits or stands on, rather than inside of, as in a boat. Models have an inboard engine driving a pump jet that has a screw-shaped impeller to create thrust for propulsion and steering....
 and inflatable boat
Inflatable boat

An inflatable boat is a lightweight boat constructed with its sides and bow made of flexible tubes containing pressurised gas. For smaller boats, the floor and hull beneath it is often flexible....
s to large seagoing craft, but most police vessels are small to medium, fast motor launch
Motor Launch

A Motor Launch is a small military vessel in British navy service. They were designed for harbour defense and submarine chaser or for armed high speed Search and rescue....
es. 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 rescue and scuba divers who are specially trained.

List of water police units


    • Australian Federal Police
      Australian Federal Police

      The Australian Federal Police is the federal police agency of the Commonwealth of Australia. Although the AFP was created by the amalgamation in 1979 of three Commonwealth law enforcement agencies, it traces its history from Commonwealth law enforcement agencies dating back to federation in 1901....
       Water Police
    • New South Wales Police
      New South Wales Police

      The New South Wales Police Force is the primary law enforcement agency in the State of New South Wales, Australia. It is an agency of the Government of New South Wales within the New South Wales Ministry for Police....
       Marine Area Command
    • Northern Territory Police
      Northern Territory Police

      The Northern Territory Police is the police body that has legal jurisdiction over the Northern Territory of Australia. This police service has 1081 gazetted police positions made up of 41 Senior Sergeants, 134 Sergeants, 31 Brevet Sergeants, 612 Constables, 141 Auxiliaries, and 63 Aboriginal Community Police Officers....
       Marine and Fisheries Enforcement Unit
    • Queensland Police
      Queensland Police

      The Queensland Police Service is the 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 of "Firmness with Courtesy" was changed to "With Honour We Serve"....
       Water Police
    • South Australia Police
      South Australia Police

      The South Australia Police is the police force of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia. It is an agency of the Government of South Australia within the South Australian Department of Justice....
       Water Operations Unit
    • Tasmania Police
      Tasmania Police

      Tasmania Police is the police force of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Tasmania. Established in 1899, the force has over 1,200 officers policing Tasmania's population of about half a million people....
       Marine and Rescue Services
    • Victoria Police
      Victoria Police

      Victoria Police is the primary law enforcement agency of Victoria , Australia. , the Victoria Police has over 13,600 personnel along with over 2,100 civilian staff across 339 police stations....
       Water Police Squad
    • Western Australia Police
      Western Australia Police

      The Western Australia Police services an area of 2.5 million square kilometres, the world's largest non-federated area of jurisdiction. In 2008, its 7,526 employees include 5,647 police officers....
       Water Police Branch
    • Royal Bahamas Police Force
      Royal Bahamas Police Force

      The Royal Bahamas Police Force is the main law enforcement agency of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas....
       Harbour Patrol**Belgian Federal Police
      Policing in Belgium

      The Belgian police is the government agency charged with upholding the law and public order in Belgium. It is an integrated police service structured on the federal and local levels....
       Water Police Branch (DAC)**Bermuda Police Marine Unit
    • Brockville Police Service
      Brockville Police Service

      __NOEDITSECTION__The Brockville Police Service provides policing services for Brockville, the community of the Thousand Islands region on the St....
       Marine Patrol
    • Durham Regional Police Service Marine Unit
    • Halifax Regional Police
      Halifax Regional Police

      The Halifax Regional Police is one of a number of law enforcement agencies operating in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia; the other primaries being the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Forces Military Police....
       Lake Patrol
    • London Police Service
      London Police Service

      The London Police Service provides policing services for the London, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1855 and renamed from the name London Police Force, its current headquarters is located at 601 Dundas Street in London, Ontario....
       Marine Patrol Unit
    • Montreal City Police Service Nautical Patrol
    • Niagara Regional Police Service
      Niagara Regional Police Service

      The Niagara Regional Police Service provides policing services for the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.NRPS was established on January 1, 1971 and is the oldest regional police service in Ontario....
       Marine Unit
    • Ontario Provincial Police
      Ontario Provincial Police

      The Ontario Provincial Police is the state police force for the province of Ontario, Canada....
    • Ottawa Police Service
      Ottawa Police Service

      The Ottawa Police Service serves the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada....
       Marine/Underwater Unit
    • Royal Canadian Mounted Police
      Royal Canadian Mounted Police

      The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is the federal police, national police, and paramilitary police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world....
       West Coast Marine Detachment
    • Toronto Police Service
      Toronto Police Service

      The Toronto Police Service , formerly the Metropolitan Toronto Police, is the police force for the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
       Marine Unit
    • Vancouver Police Department
      Vancouver Police Department

      The Vancouver Police Department is the police force for the City of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several police departments covering the Greater Vancouver Regional District and is the second largest police force in the province after RCMP "E" Division....
       Marine Squad
    • Winnipeg Police Service
      Winnipeg Police Service

      The Winnipeg Police Service is the police force of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada....
       River Patrol
    • York Regional Police Service Marine Unit
  • Cayman Islands
    Cayman Islands

    The Cayman Islands are a British overseas territory located in the western Caribbean Sea, comprising the islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman....
    • Royal Cayman Islands Police Marine Section
    • Helsinki
      Helsinki

      Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....
       Police Department Boat Unit
    • Wasserschutzpolizei
      Wasserschutzpolizei

      The Wasserschutzpolizei is the water police that patrols the waterways, lakes and harbours of Germany around the clock. The WSP are part of the Landespolizei ....
    • Gibraltar Services Police
      Gibraltar Services Police

      The Gibraltar Services Police is a civil police force which guards and enforces law on Ministry of Defence installations on Gibraltar.The Gibraltar Services Police is a statutory police force established under the Police Ordinance of the Laws of Gibraltar....
       Marine Unit
    • Royal Gibraltar Police
      Royal Gibraltar Police

      The Royal Gibraltar Police is, along with the Gibraltar Customs, the principal civilian law enforcement agency in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar....
       Marine Section
    • Hong Kong Police Force
      Hong Kong Police Force

      The Hong Kong Police is the police of Hong Kong. Formed in 1844 with a strength of 35, the force evolved from an extremely broad-based role , to that of a traditional police service, with mostly civic responsibilities - although the force is still heavily committed to countering illegal immigration and smuggling....
       Marine Region
      Hong Kong Marine Police

      The Marine Region of the Hong Kong Police Force, also known as the Marine Police. Its headquarter is located at Sai Wan Ho. Their 166 launches and craft, patrols some 1850km? of waters within Hong Kong's territory, including the Victoria Harbour and 244 Islands of Hong Kong....
  • Republic of Ireland
    Republic of Ireland

    Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
    • Garda Síochána
      Garda Síochána

      is the police of the Republic of Ireland.The force is headed by the Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish Government. Its headquarters are located in the Phoenix Park in Dublin....
       Water Unit
    • Israeli Police Marine Police
    • Jamaica Constabulary Force
      Jamaica Constabulary Force

      The Jamaica Constabulary Force is the police force of the island nation of Jamaica. Establishment of the JCF is 9930 plus fifty five supernumerary positions making a total of 9985, but the current strength is 8441....
       Marine Division
  • Marshall Islands
    Marshall Islands

    The Marshall Islands , officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands , is a Micronesian island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator....
    • Kwajalein Police Department Marine Police Section
    • Korps landelijke politiediensten
      Korps landelijke politiediensten

      The Korps landelijke politiediensten is responsible for specialist missions that benefit from a centralized approach. It is subordinate to the Netherlands Interior Ministry and has a staff of approximately 4,500....
       (KLPD; National Police Services Agency) Water Police
    • Royal Malaysian Police
      Royal Malaysian Police

      The Royal Malaysian Police is a part of the security forces structure in Malaysia. The force is a centralized organization with responsibilities ranging from traffic control to intelligence gathering....
       Marine Operations Force
      Marine Operations Force

      The Marine Operations Force or Pasukan Gerakan Marin in Malay is either security force in branch Royal Malaysian Police....
    • New Zealand Police
      New Zealand Police

      The New Zealand Police is the national police force of New Zealand, responsible for enforcing criminal and traffic law, enhancing public safety, maintaining order and keeping the peace throughout New Zealand....
       Maritime Policing Unit
    • Singapore Police Force
      Singapore Police Force

      The Singapore Police Force is the main agency tasked with Law enforcement in Singapore in the city-state. Formerly known as the Republic of Singapore Police , it has grown from an 11-man organisation to a 38,587 strong force....
       Police Coast Guard
      Police Coast Guard

      File:Police Coast Guard Booth.jpgThe Police Coast Guard is the Water police division of the Singapore Police Force which also takes on roles of the coast guard typically handled by the military or as separate organisations in other countries....
    • Sri Lanka Police Service
      Sri Lanka Police Service

      The Sri Lanka Police Service is the civilian national police force of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The police force has a manpower of approximately 60,000....
       Marine Division
    • South African Police Service
      South African Police Service

      The South African Police Service is the national police force of the Republic of South Africa.The SAP was renamed the South African Police Service , and the Ministry of Law and Order was renamed the Ministry of Safety and Security, in keeping with these symbolic reforms....
       Water Wing
    • Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
      Devon and Cornwall Constabulary

      Devon and Cornwall Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the counties of England of Devon and Cornwall in England and the unitary authorities of Plymouth, Torbay and the Isles of Scilly....
       Marine Operations Section
    • Dyfed-Powys Police
      Dyfed-Powys Police

      Dyfed-Powys Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and the county of Powys, in Wales....
       Marine Unit
    • Dorset Police
      Dorset Police

      Dorset Police is the Home Office police force with the responsibility of policing the England county of Dorset.As of appoximately July 2007 the force had an establishment of 1502 police officers, 250 Special Constables 1133 civilian staff, 83 Volunteers and 162 Police Community Support Officers....
       Marine Section
    • Essex Police
      Essex Police

      Essex Police is a Home Office police force with responsibility for policing the county of Essex in the East of England....
       Marine and Diving Unit
    • Hampshire Constabulary
      Hampshire Constabulary

      Hampshire Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in southern EnglandThe force area includes the cities of Winchester, Southampton and Portsmouth....
       Marine Unit
    • Kent Police
      Kent Police

      Kent Police, a Home Office police force, polices Kent in England, including the unitary authority of Medway....
       Marine Unit
    • Lothian and Borders Police
      Lothian and Borders Police

      Lothian and Borders Police is the police service for the Scotland council areas of the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian....
       Marine Section
    • Metropolitan Police
      Metropolitan police

      Metropolitan police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area, and it may be part of the official title of the force....
       Marine Support Unit (formerly Thames Division)
    • Ministry of Defence Police
      Ministry of Defence Police

      The Ministry of Defence Police is a civilian police force that is part of the Ministry of Defence . The force is part of the Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency which was formed by the merger of the MDP and Ministry of Defence Guard Service on April 1st, 2004....
       Marine Unit
    • Northumbria Police
      Northumbria Police

      Northumbria Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the areas of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear in England. The service is the sixth largest police constabulary in England or Wales....
       Marine Unit
    • North Wales Police
      North Wales Police

      North Wales Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing North Wales. The headquarters are in Colwyn Bay, with divisional headquarters in St Asaph, Caernarfon and Wrexham....
       Air and Coastal Unit
    • Strathclyde Police
      Strathclyde Police

      Strathclyde Police is the police force for the Scotland subdivisions of Scotland of Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire....
       Marine Policing Unit
    • Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
      Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

      The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is the U.S. state of Alabama's government agency responsible for maintaining and preserving state parks, wildlife, and aquatic resources, as well as issuing hunting and fishing licenses....
       Marine Police Division
    • Anacortes Police Department Marine Patrol, Washington
      Anacortes, Washington

      Anacortes is a city in Skagit County, Washington, Washington, United States. The name Anacortes comes from Anna Curtis, the maiden name of early settler Amos Bowman's wife....
    • Austin Park Police, Texas
      Austin, Texas

      Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Travis County, Texas. Situated in Central Texas and part of the Southwestern United States, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 16th-largest in the United States....
    • Town of Babylon Public Safety Department Marine Patrols/Bay Constables, New York
      Babylon (town), New York

      The Political subdivisions of New York State of Babylon is located in southwestern Suffolk County, New York, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 211,792....
    • Baltimore City Police Department Marine Unit, Maryland
      Baltimore, Maryland

      Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland in the United States. Baltimore is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay....
    • Baltimore County Police Department
      Baltimore County Police Department

      The Baltimore County Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency for Baltimore County, Maryland, Maryland. They have been accredited by CALEA since 1984....
       Marine Unit, Maryland
      Baltimore, Maryland

      Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland in the United States. Baltimore is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay....
    • Barnstable Police Department Marine Division, Massachusetts
      Barnstable, Massachusetts

      Barnstable is a city, referred to as the Town of Barnstable, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the county seat of Barnstable County, Massachusetts....
    • Boston Police Department
      Boston Police Department

      The Boston Police Department has the primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the 20th largest department in the United States and is one of the oldest if not the oldest....
       Harbor Unit, Massachusetts
      Boston, Massachusetts

      Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
    • Boynton Beach Police Department Marine Patrol, Florida
      Boynton Beach, Florida

      Boynton Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, Florida, United States. The population was 60,389 at the 2000 United States Census. As of 2006, the city had a population of 66,714 according to the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research....
    • Butler County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol, Ohio
      Butler County, Ohio

      Butler County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 332,807. Its county seat is Hamilton, Ohio....
    • Catawba County Sheriff's Office Lake Patrol Unit,
    • Charleston Police Department Harbor Patrol, South Carolina
      Charleston, South Carolina

      Charleston is a city in Charleston County, South Carolina in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is the largest city and county seat of Charleston County....
    • Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
      Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department

      The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is the police department of the City of Charlotte, North Carolina & Mecklenburg County, North Carolina....
       Lakes Enforcement Division, North Carolina
      Charlotte, North Carolina

      Charlotte is the largest city in the state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The List of United States cities by population in the United States....
    • Chatham County Police Department Marine Patrol Unit, Georgia
      Chatham County, Georgia

      Chatham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia . As of 2000, the population was 232,048. Current population estimates indicate that this figure has grown to around 240,000....
    • Chicago Police Department
      Chicago Police Department

      The Chicago Police Department, also known as the CPD, is the principal Police Law enforcement agency of the City of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States, under the jurisdiction of the Mayor of Chicago....
       Marine Unit, Illinois
    • Colchester Police Department Marine Unit, Colchester, Vermont
      Colchester, Vermont

      Colchester is a New England town in Chittenden County, Vermont, Vermont, United States. The population was 16,986 at the 2000 United States Census....
    • Dane County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Division, Wisconsin
      Dane County, Wisconsin

      Dane County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2007, the population was 476,785. Its county seat is Madison, Wisconsin....
    • Daytona Beach Police Department Marine Unit, Florida
      Daytona Beach, Florida

      Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, Florida, United States. According to 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 64,421....
    • Delaware River and Bay Authority Police Department
      Delaware River and Bay Authority

      The Delaware River and Bay Authority or DRBA is a bi-state government agency of the New Jersey and the Delaware established by interstate compact in 1961....
       Marine Unit
    • Des Moines Police Department Waterway Operations Unit, Iowa
      Des Moines, Iowa

      Des Moines , is the Capital and the most populous city in the United States U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County, Iowa....
    • Detroit Police Department
      Detroit Police Department

      The Detroit Police Department serves the city of Detroit, Michigan. The department was founded in 1865 to serve the city's growing population....
       Harbor Master Unit, Michigan
      Detroit, Michigan

      Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
    • Dover Police Department Marine Patrol Section, Delaware
      Dover, Delaware

      The city of Dover is the capital and second largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, Delaware, and the principal city of the Dover, Delaware Dover metropolitan area which encompasses all of Kent County....
    • East Bay Regional Park District Police Department Marine Patrol Unit, California
      East Bay Regional Park District

      The East Bay Regional Park District is a special district operating in Alameda County, California and Contra Costa County, California, within the East Bay area of the San Francisco Bay Area....
    • El Dorado County Sheriff's Office Boat Patrol, California
      El Dorado County, California

      El Dorado County is a county located in the Gold Country of the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada . Its 2004 population was estimated to be 172,889, its 2000 population was 156,299....
    • Erie County Sheriff's Office
      Erie County Sheriff's Office

      Erie County Sheriff's Office could refer to several sheriff departments in the United States, including:*Erie County, New York Sheriff's Office...
       Marine Patrol Unit, New York
      Erie County, New York

      County of Erie, commonly referred to as Erie County, is a Political subdivisions of New York State#County located in the U.S. state of New York....
    • Evans Police Department Marine Rescue and Recovery Unit, New York
      Evans, New York

      Evans is a town in Erie County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 17,594 at the 2000 census. The town derives its name from David E....
    • Florida Department of Environmental Protection
      Florida Department of Environmental Protection

      The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is the Florida government Government agency charged with Environmental protection....
       Bureau of Park Patrol
    • Fort Lauderdale Police Department Marine Unit, Florida
      Fort Lauderdale, Florida

      Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate canal system, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States....
    • Gaston County Police Department
      Gaston County Police Department

      The Gaston County Police Department is a law enforcement agency of Gaston County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States. It is the only County police department within the State of North Carolina....
       Marine Enforcement Division, North Carolina
      Gaston County, North Carolina

      Gaston County is a County located just west of Charlotte, North Carolina in the Southern Piedmont in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the second largest county, by population, in the Charlotte metropolitan area, officially designated the Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord Metropolitan Statistical Area ....
    • Greenwich Police Department Marine Operations Section, Connecticut
      Greenwich, Connecticut

      Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the town had a total population of 61,101....
    • Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
      Hamilton County Sheriff's Office

      Hamilton County Sheriff's Office could refer to several sheriff departments in the United States, including:*Hamilton County, Florida Sheriff's Office...
       Marine Patrol Unit, Ohio
      Hamilton County, Ohio

      Hamilton County is a county located in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. The county seat is Cincinnati, Ohio, and as of 2000, the population was 845,303....
    • Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
      Hamilton County Sheriff's Office

      Hamilton County Sheriff's Office could refer to several sheriff departments in the United States, including:*Hamilton County, Florida Sheriff's Office...
       Marine Division, Tennessee
      Hamilton County, Tennessee

      Hamilton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It was named for Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury. The 2005 Census Estimate placed the population at 310,935 ....
    • Hennepin County, Minnesota Sheriff's Office
      Hennepin County, Minnesota Sheriff's Office

      The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office is the sheriff's office for Hennepin County, Minnesota in the state of Minnesota, United States. HCSO serves one million residents and is located downtown in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the county seat....
       Water Parol, Hennepin County, Minnesota
      Minnesota

      Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
    • Henrico County Division of Police Marine Patrol, Virginia
      Henrico County, Virginia

      Henrico is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a U.S. state of the United States. The population was 262,300 at the 2000 United States Census....
    • Henry County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Division, Ohio
      Henry County, Ohio

      Henry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 29,210. Its county seat is Napoleon, Ohio and is List of Ohio county name etymologies for Patrick Henry, the Virginian famous for his "give me liberty or give me death" speech....
    • Hollywood Police Department
      Hollywood Police Department

      The Hollywood Police Department is a full service agency servicing a population of 145,629 in of the municipality of Hollywood, Florida....
       Marine Unit, Florida
      Hollywood, Florida

      Hollywood is a city in Broward County, Florida, Florida, United States. As of 1 July 2007, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 142,473....
    • Huron Police Department Harbor Patrol,
    • Huntington Harbormasters Office /Marine Patrol
  • Ohio
    Huron, Ohio

    Huron is a city in Erie County, Ohio, United States. The population was 7,958 at the United States Census 2000. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio Sandusky metropolitan area....
    • Town of Islip Harbor Police, New York
      Islip, New York

      Islip , is a census-designated place and Political subdivisions of New York State#Hamlet located in the Islip , New York, Suffolk County, New York, New York, on the South Shore of Long Island....
    • Kent Police Department Marine Patrol Unit, Washington
      Kent, Washington

      Kent is a city located in King County, Washington, United States. The second largest city in south King County and the ninth largest in the state, Kent has the third largest industrial area in the United States....
    • Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
      Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife

      The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is a state-funded department in charge of regulating fishing, boating and hunting in the Commonwealth of Kentucky....
       Water Patrol
    • Key West Police Department
      Key West Police Department

      The Key West Police Department is a full-service law enforcement agency servicing a population of 25,031 and 6 square miles within the municipality of Key West, Florida....
       Marine Unit, Florida
      Key West, Florida

      Key West is a city in Monroe County, Florida, United States.The city encompasses Key West, the namesake island, the part of Stock Island, Florida north of U.S....
    • King County Sheriff's Office Marine/Dive Unit, Washington
      King County, Washington

      King County is located in the U.S. state of Washington. The population in the 2000 census was 1,737,034, and in 2006 was an estimated 1,835,300....
    • Kern County Parks and Recreation Lake Patrol, California
      Kern County, California

      Kern County is a county located in the southern California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Established in 1866, it extends east beyond the southern slope of the eastern Sierra Nevada into the Mojave Desert, and includes parts of the Indian Wells Valley, and the Antelope Valley, and has an area larger than the state of Connec...
    • Lake County Sheriff's Office
      Lake County Sheriff's Office (Florida)

      The Lake County Sheriff's Office is largest law enforcement agency in Lake County, Florida, United States. Per the State of Florida Constitution, the sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer of both the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county....
       Marine Unit, Florida
      Lake County, Florida

      Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida, United States. As of the 2000 Census, the population was 210,528. With a Census-estimated population of 290,435 in 2006, it is the 23rd fastest-growing county in the United States....
    • Lake County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit, Illinois
      Lake County, Illinois

      Lake County is the farthest north-east county in the U.S. state of Illinois. A 2006 census estimated the population was 713,076. Its county seat is Waukegan, Illinois, Illinois....
    • Lake County Sheriff's Department Marine Unit, Indiana
      Lake County, Indiana

      Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 2000, its population was 484,564, making it Indiana's second-most populous county....
    • Lake County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol, Ohio
      Lake County, Ohio

      Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2000, the population was 227,511. The county seat is Painesville, Ohio, and the county List of Ohio county name etymologies comes from its location on the southern shore of Lake Erie....
    • Levee District Police
      Levee District Police

      The Levee District Police is a division of state law enforcement service division of Louisiana, United States.Officers are under the State's civil service and commissioned as peace officers by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety, Louisiana State Police....
      , Louisiana
      Louisiana

      The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
    • Lorain Port Authority Marine Patrol, Ohio
      Lorain, Ohio

      Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in Northeast Ohio Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River , west of Cleveland, Ohio....
    • Los Angeles Port Police
      Los Angeles Port Police

      The Los Angeles Port Police is a specialized law enforcement agency at the Port of Los Angeles, under the control of the Los Angeles Harbor Department ....
      , Port of Los Angeles
      Port of Los Angeles

      The Port of Los Angeles, also called Los Angeles Harbor and WORLDPORT LA, is a port complex that occupies 7,500 acres of land and water along 43 miles of waterfront....
      , California
      California

      California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
    • Macomb County Sheriff's Office Marine Division, Michigan
      Macomb County, Michigan

      Macomb County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. The United States 2000 Census recorded its population to be 788,149....
    • Maine Department of Marine Resources Marine Patrol
    • Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
      Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

      The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is a local law enforcement agency that serves Maricopa County, Arizona. It is the largest Sheriff department in the Arizona and provides general-service law enforcement to unincorporated areas of Maricopa County, serving as the police for unincorporated areas of the county as well as incorporation citi...
       Lake Patrol Division, Arizona
      Maricopa County, Arizona

      Maricopa County is located in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of July 2007, its population was 3,880,181, which List of the most populous counties in the United States among the nation's counties and is greater than the population of List of U.S....
    • Marin County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol, California
      Marin County, California

      Marin County is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, California....
    • Maryland Transportation Authority Police Department
      Maryland Transportation Authority

      The Maryland Transportation Authority is an independent state agency responsible for financing, constructing, operating, and maintaining seven toll facilities and some non-tolled roadways in Maryland, United States....
       Marine Unit
    • Massachusetts State Police
      Massachusetts State Police

      The Massachusetts State Police is an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Executive Office of Public Safety responsible for criminal law enforcement and traffic vehicle regulation across the state....
       Marine Unit
    • Metropolitan District Commission Police Department, Connecticut
      Connecticut

      Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
    • Metropolitan Police Department Harbor Patrol, District of Columbia
    • Miami-Dade Police Department
      Miami-Dade Police Department

      The Miami-Dade Police Department is a full service metropolitan police serving Miami-Dade County's unincorporated areas, although they have lenient mutual aid agreements with other Municipal corporation municipalities, most often the Miami Police Department....
       Marine Patrol, Florida
      Miami-Dade County, Florida

      Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the county population was 2,387,170 in 2007, making it the most populous county in Florida and the List of the most populous counties in the United States....
    • Milwaukee Police Department
      Milwaukee Police Department

      The Milwaukee Police Department protects the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Edward Flynn is the current Chief of Police, the MPD has a contingent of about 2,000 sworn officers when at full strength....
       Harbor Patrol Unit, Wisconsin
      Milwaukee, Wisconsin

      Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and List of United States cities by population in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan....
    • Missouri State Water Patrol Department of Public Safety, Jefferson City, Missouri
    • Muskegon County Sheriff's Office Marine Division, Michigan
      Muskegon County, Michigan

      Muskegon County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population was 170,200, with the 2006 census estimate putting the county at a population of 175,231....
    • Nassau County Police Department
      Nassau County Police Department

      The Nassau County Police Department is the law enforcement agency of Nassau County, New York....
       Marine Division, New York
      Nassau County, New York

      Nassau County is a suburban Political subdivisions of New York State#County in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S....
    • New Hampshire Marine Patrol
      New Hampshire Marine Patrol

      File:NH - Marine Patrol.pngThe New Hampshire Marine Patrol is a division of the NH Department of Safety. NHMP has jurisdiction on any New Hampshire water body or more , of river, and approximately of coastline of the Atlantic Ocean....
       Department of Safety
    • New Jersey State Police
      New Jersey State Police

      The New Jersey State Police is the state police force for the state of New Jersey. It is a general-powers police agency with state wide jurisdiction, designated by Troop Sectors....
       Marine Services Unit
    • New York City Police Department
      New York City Police Department

      The New York City Police Department , established in 1844, is currently the largest police force in the United States, with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within Borough of New York City....
       Harbor Unit, New York
      New York City

      The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
    • New York City Police Department Auxiliary Police Harbor Unit, New York
      New York City

      The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
    • New York State Police
      New York State Police

      The New York State Police is the state police force of 4,600 sworn Troopers for the U.S. state of New York. It was established on April 11, 1917 by the New York Legislature, in response to the 1913 murder of construction foreman Sam Howell in Westchester County, New York, which at that time did not have a local police department....
       Marine Detail
    • North Miami Police Department Marine Patrol, Florida
      North Miami, Florida

      North Miami is a city located in northeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, about north of the Miami, Florida. The city lies on Biscayne Bay and hosts the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, and the North Miami campus of Johnson & Wales University....
    • North Miami Beach Police Department Marine Patrol, Florida
      North Miami Beach, Florida

      North Miami Beach is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Originally named Fulford in 1926 after Captain William H. Fulford of the United States Coast Guard, the city was incorporated in 1927 as Fulford, but was renamed North Miami Beach in 1931....
    • Oakland County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit, Michigan
      Oakland County, Michigan

      Oakland County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. , the population was estimated at 1,206,089. The county seat is Pontiac, Michigan....
    • Ohio Department of Natural Resources
      Ohio Department of Natural Resources

      Ohio Department of Natural Resources was created in 1949 by the Ohio Legislature. It is a government agency in the state of Ohio charged with maintaining natural resources such as Protected areas of Ohio#State Parks, public lands, Protected areas of Ohio#State Forests, state waterways, and Protected areas of Ohio#Metroparks....
       Division of Watercraft
    • Oklahoma City Police Department
      Oklahoma City Police Department

      The Oklahoma City Police Department is the principal law enforcement agency of the city of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies and is the largest municipal law enforcement agency in the state....
       Lake Patrol Section, Oklahoma
      Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

      Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, the city ranks List of United States cities by population among United States cities in population....
    • Oklahoma Highway Patrol
      Oklahoma Highway Patrol

      The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is a major state police of the government of Oklahoma. It is a division of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety....
       Lake Patrol Section (Troop W)
    • Orlando Police Department Marine Patrol Unit, Florida
      Orlando, Florida

      Orlando is a major city in Central Florida, United States and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Florida. It is also the principal city of Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area....
    • Ottawa County Sheriff's Office Marine Division, Michigan
      Ottawa County, Michigan

      Ottawa County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 238,314 with a projection of 257,671 in 2006....
    • Perrysburg Township Police Department Marine Patrol, Ohio
      Perrysburg, Ohio

      Perrysburg is a city in Wood County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, along the Maumee River. The population was 17,042 according to the United States Census 2007....
    • Philadelphia Police Department
      Philadelphia Police Department

      The Philadelphia Police Department is the law enforcement agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
       Marine Unit, Pennsylvania
      Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

      Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most...
    • Pittsburgh Police
      Pittsburgh Police

      The Pittsburgh Police, or officially the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, is the largest law enforcement agency in Western Pennsylvania and the third largest in Pennsylvania, not second as some people would think, due to Pittsburgh's low crime rate....
       River Rescue Unit, Pennsylvania
      Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

      Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
       (operated jointly with the city's Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and featured in the movie Striking Distance
      Striking Distance

      Striking Distance is a 1993 in film film starring Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, and Tom Sizemore as Pittsburgh Police officers haunted by the effects of a serial killer....
      )
    • Placer County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit, California
      Placer County, California

      Placer County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California, in what is known as the Gold Country. It stretches from the suburbs of Sacramento, California to Lake Tahoe and the Nevada border....
    • Polk County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit, Florida
      Polk County, Florida

      Polk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 483,924. The U.S. Census Bureau 2006 estimates the county population to be 561,606....
    • Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
      Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

      The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is a bi-state port district, established in 1921 through an interstate compact, that runs most of the regional transportation infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports, and seaports, within the New York–New Jersey Port District....
    • Port of New Orleans Harbor Police Department Patrol Boat Division, Louisiana
      New Orleans, Louisiana

      New Orleans is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans metropolitan area metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state....
    • Poulsbo Police Department Marine Patrol, Washington
      Poulsbo, Washington

      Poulsbo is a city on Liberty Bay in Kitsap County, Washington, Washington, United States. It is the third largest city in Kitsap County and one of the main suburbs of Seattle, Washington in the Kitsap area....
    • Providence Police Department Harbor Patrol, Rhode Island
      Providence, Rhode Island

      Providence is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, and one of the first cities established in the United States....
    • Rocky River Police Department Marine Patrol, Ohio
      Rocky River, Ohio

      Rocky River is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is named after the Rocky River that forms its eastern border. The population was 20,735 as of the United States Census 2000....
    • Ross County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Unit, Ohio
      Ross County, Ohio

      Ross County is a county located in the Appalachian region of the U.S. state of Ohio, United States established on August 20, 1798. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 73,345....
    • Sacramento County Sheriff's Department
      Sacramento County Sheriff's Department

      The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department is a local law enforcement agency that serves Sacramento County, California. It provides general-service law enforcement to unincorporated areas of Sacramento County, as well as incorporation cities within the county who have contracted with the agency for law-enforcement services....
       Marine Enforcement Detail, California
      Sacramento County, California

      Sacramento County is a List of California counties in the U.S. state of California. The county seat is the city of Sacramento, California, the state capital....
    • Sacramento Police Department
      Sacramento Police Department

      The Sacramento Police Department is the police department for the city of Sacramento, California, California. The department was created in 1849....
       Marine Division, California
      Sacramento, California

      Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
    • San Diego Harbor Police Marine Patrol, California
      San Diego, California

      San Diego is the second largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, located along the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States of the Western United States....
    • Sandusky Police Department Marine Patrol, Ohio
      Sandusky, Ohio

      Sandusky is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Erie County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northern Ohio and is situated on the shores of Lake Erie, almost exactly half-way between Toledo, Ohio to the west and Cleveland, Ohio to the east....
    • Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department Marine Unit, California
      Santa Barbara County, California

      Santa Barbara County is a county located on the Pacific Ocean coast of the Southern California portion of the U.S. state of California, just west of Ventura County, California....
    • Seattle Police Department
      Seattle Police Department

      The Seattle Police Department is the principal police force of the city of Seattle, Washington, except for the campus of the University of Washington, for which responsibility falls to the University of Washington Police Department....
       Harbor Patrol, Washington
      Seattle, Washington

      Seattle is the most populous city in the US state of Washington and the Northwestern United States. The encompassing Seattle metropolitan area is the 15th largest in the United States, and the largest in the Pacific Northwest....
    • Suffolk County Police Department Marine Bureau, New York
      Suffolk County, New York

      Suffolk County is a Political subdivisions of New York State#County located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island....
    • Suffolk County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit, New York
      Suffolk County, New York

      Suffolk County is a Political subdivisions of New York State#County located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island....
    • Summit County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol, Ohio
      Summit County, Ohio

      Summit County is an urban county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 542,899....
    • Tampa Police Department
      Tampa Police Department

      The Tampa Police Department provides crime prevention and public safety services for the city of Tampa, Florida....
       Marine Unit, Florida
      Tampa, Florida

      Tampa is a United States city in Hillsborough County, Florida, on the west coast of the state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County....
    • Toledo Police Department Harbor Patrol, Ohio
      Toledo, Ohio

      Toledo is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio. Named after Toledo, Spain, it is located on the western end of Lake Erie, on the Michigan border....
    • United States Coast Guard
      United States Coast Guard

      The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the Military of the United States and one of seven Uniformed services of the United States. In addition to being a military branch at all times, it is unique among the armed forces in that it is also a Admiralty law agency and a Federal government of the United States regulatory agency....
       Search and Rescue (SAR), Vessel Safety Checks (VSC), and Law Enforcement Detachments (LEDETS)
    • Vermilion Police Department Marine Patrol Unit, Ohio
      Vermilion, Ohio

      Vermilion is a city in Erie County, Ohio and Lorain County, Ohio counties in Ohio, U.S. The population was 10,927 at the United States Census 2000....
    • Virginia Marine Resources Commission
      Virginia Marine Resources Commission

      The Virginia Marine Resources Commission serves as stewards of Virginia's marine and aquatic resources, and protectors of its tidal waters and homelands....
       Law Enforcement Division
    • Wayne County Sheriff's Office Marine Division, Michigan
      Wayne County, Michigan

      Wayne County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, its population was 2,061,162....
    • Webster Police Department Marine Patrol, Massachusetts
      Webster, Massachusetts

      Webster is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 16,415 at the 2000 census. Webster is also home to the Commerce Insurance Company with its headquarters located on 211 Main Street....
    • Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
      Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

      The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is an agency of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Its purpose is to preserve, protect, manage and maintain the natural resources of the state....
       Lakes Patrol Unit


See also

  • Coast Guard
    Coast guard

    A coast guard is a national organization responsible for various services at sea. However the term implies widely different responsibilities in different countries....
  • Water Rats
    Water Rats (TV series)

    Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The Television series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water police who fight crime across Port Jackson and surrounding locales....
    , Australian television series about water police
  • Police boat
    Police boat

    A police boat is usually a small boat that is used by police agencies to patrol bodies of water. They are usually employed on major rivers, in enclosed harbors near cities or in places where a stronger presence than that offered by the Harbourmaster or Coast Guard is needed....