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Police watercraft

Use of watercraft in police operations

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, in enclosed harbors near cities or in places where a stronger presence than that offered by the harbormaster or coast guard is needed.

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.

Types of police boats

Patrol boat
Motorboat
Airboat
Rigid-hulled inflatable boat

Gallery of police boats

Image:Bermuda Police Marine Section boats.jpg|Boats of the Bermuda Police Service Marine Section at Barr's Bay Image:Einsatzboot "Bremen 1".jpg|Combined police/fireboat in Bremen, Germany Image:Helsinki Boat Police 491 492 493.jpg|Police patrol boats in Helsinki, Finland Image:Aa policeboat liverpool 00.jpg|Police boat, Liverpool, England, October 2009 Image:Police.boat.london.arp.jpg|London Metropolitan Police boat Gabriel Franks on the Thames in 2005 Image:Police boat on River Thames.JPG|London Metropolitan Police boat John Harriott IV on the Thames Image:Nina Mackay II.JPG|London Metropolitan Police boat Nina Mackay II on the Thames in 2013 Image:Los Angeles Port Police (cropped).jpg|SAFE Boats 33' RIB of the Los Angeles Port Police Image:De P93 in de Helsluis Voorhaven buitenkant (02).JPG|Netherlands Police boats in the Biesbosch in 2008 Image:Working for the KLPD (03).JPG|Netherlands Police jet ski on the Lek 2012. Image:Australian Police vessel Nemesis.jpg|New South Wales Police Force vessel OPV Nemesis Image:APEC Police Boat, Sydney Harbour, 2 Sept 2007.JPG|New South Wales Police Force boat patrolling Port Jackson. Image:Anti terrorism in Venice.jpg|Anti terrorism Police boat in Venice Image:Israeli maritime police Defender-class boat Hazon and water scooter in Eilat Marina.jpg|Israeli maritime police Defender-class boat Hazon and water scooter in Eilat Marina, Israel

References

[http://www.thamespolicemuseum.org.uk/index.html Thames Police Museum]
[http://www.eastrivernyc.org/ehistory/pirates_48027_1_p.php 1903 New York Harbor Police boat patrol capturing pirates] {{webarchive. link. (2007-08-13)

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