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,

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

estuaries An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environm ...

, harbors,

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface ...

s 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 Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search ...

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 Environmental laws are laws that protect the environment. The term "environmental law" encompasses treaties, statutes, regulations, conventions, and policies designed to protect the natural environment and manage the impact of human activitie ...

enforcement,

immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as Permanent residency, permanent residents. Commuting, Commuter ...

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 simila
enforcement
or rescue outcomes. In the United States, some states have combined the duties of water police with those of

conservation officer A conservation officer is a law enforcement officer who protects wildlife and the environment. A conservation officer may also be referred to as an environmental technician/technologist, game warden, park ranger, forest watcher, forest guard, ...

s or

state police State police, provincial police or regional police are a type of sub-national territorial police force found in nations organized as federations, typically in North America, South Asia, and Oceania. These forces typically have jurisdiction o ...

. Equipment used ranges from personal water craft and inflatable boats to large seagoing craft, but most police vessels are small to medium, fast

motorboat A motorboat or powerboat is a boat that is exclusively powered by an engine; faster examples may be called "speedboats". Some motorboats are fitted with inboard engines, others have an outboard motor installed on the rear, containing the inter ...

s. In some areas these vessels incorporate a

firefighting Firefighting is a profession aimed at controlling and extinguishing fire. A person who engages in firefighting is known as a firefighter or fireman. Firefighters typically undergo a high degree of technical training. This involves structural fir ...

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

* Australian Federal Police Water Police * New South Wales Police Marine Area Command * Northern Territory Police Marine and Fisheries Enforcement Unit * Queensland Police Water Police * South Australia Police Water Operations Unit * Tasmania Police Marine and Rescue Services * Victoria Police Water Police Squad * Western Australia Police Water Police Branch

Austria

* Federal Police (Austria) Water Police of Austria (especially Vienna)

Bahamas

* Royal Bahamas Police Force Harbour Patrol

Belgium

* Belgian Federal Police Water Police Branch (DAC)

Bermuda

* Bermuda Police Marine Unit

Canada

*National **

Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; , GRC) is the Law enforcement in Canada, national police service of Canada. The RCMP is an agency of the Government of Canada; it also provides police services under contract to 11 Provinces and terri ...

West Coast Marine Detachment **(Police units, usually the RCMP, can join the Canadian Coast Guard on patrol) *British Columbia ** Vancouver Police Department Marine Squad ** Victoria Police Department Marine Unit *Ontario ** Barrie Police Service Marine Unit ** Brockville Police Service Marine Patrol Unit ** Durham Regional Police Service Marine Unit ** Hamilton Police Service ** Halton Regional Policebr>
Marine Unit ** London Police Service Marine Patrol Unit ** Niagara Regional Police Service Marine Unit **

Ontario Provincial Police The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is the State police, provincial police service of Ontario, Canada. The OPP patrols Provincial highways in Ontario, provincial highways and waterways; protects Government of Ontario, provincial government buil ...

– regional Marine Units and Underwater Search and Recovery Unit ** Ottawa Police Service Marine/Underwater Unit ** Peel Regional Police Marine Unit ** Toronto Police Service Marine Unit – formed in 1982 to replace Toronto Harbour Commission Port Police and Harbour Police units. ** York Regional Police Service Marine Unit *Manitoba ** Winnipeg Police Service River Patrol and Underwater Search and Recovery Unit *Nova Scotia ** Halifax Regional Police Lake Patrol *Quebec ** Montreal City Police Service Nautical Patrol *Saskatchewan ** Regina Police Service Underwater Investigation and Recovery Team ** Saskatoon Police Service River Patrol Detail

Cayman Islands

* Royal Cayman Islands Police Marine Section

Finland

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

Police Department Boat Unit

France

* Maritime Gendarmerie

Germany

* Federal Police units embedded within the

Coast Guard A coast guard or coastguard is a Maritime Security Regimes, maritime security organization of a particular country. The term embraces wide range of responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with cust ...

* Water Protection Police units of the following

State Police State police, provincial police or regional police are a type of sub-national territorial police force found in nations organized as federations, typically in North America, South Asia, and Oceania. These forces typically have jurisdiction o ...

: ** Baden-Württemberg Police ** Bavarian State Police ** Berlin Police ** Brandenburg Police ** Bremen Police ** Hamburg Police ** Hesse State Police ** Lower Saxony Police ** Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Police ** North Rhine-Westphalia Police ** Rhineland-Palatinate Police ** Saarland Police ** Saxony Police ** Saxony-Anhalt Police ** Schleswig-Holstein Police

Ghana

* Marine Police Unit

Gibraltar

* Gibraltar Services Police Marine Unit – a civil police force which guards and enforces law on UK Ministry of Defence installations in Gibraltar. * Royal Gibraltar Police Marine Section

Greece

Hellenic Coast Guard The Hellenic Coast Guard () is the national coast guard of Greece. Like many other coast guards, it is a paramilitary organization that can support the Hellenic Navy in wartime, but resides under separate civilian control in times of peace. The ...

, 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 orps (Λιμενικό) in everyday Greek parlance.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Police Force The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) is the primary law enforcement, investigative agency, and largest Hong Kong Disciplined Services, disciplined service under the Security Bureau (Hong Kong), Security Bureau of Hong Kong. Pursuant to the one c ...

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

* Indonesian National Police – ''Polisi Perairan'' (POLAIR)

India

* Kerala Coastal Police, coastal security division of Kerala State Police *Coastal Security Group, coastal security wing of Tamil Nadu Police *Various coastal/marine police units of the respective State/UT police forces.

Ireland

* Dublin Harbour Police * Dún Laoghaire Harbour Police *

Garda Síochána (; meaning "the Guardian(s) of the Peace") is the national police and security service of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is more commonly referred to as the Gardaí (; "Guardians") or "the Guards". The service is headed by the Garda Commissio ...

Water Unit

Israel

* Israeli Police Marine Police

Italy

** Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard Maritime police **

Guardia di Finanza The Guardia di Finanza (; G. di F. or GdF; or ) is an Italian militarised law enforcement agency under the Ministry of Economy and Finance (Italy), Ministry of Economy and Finance, instead of the Ministry of Defence (Italy), Ministry of Defence ...

Marine Police Section

Jamaica

Jamaica Constabulary Force The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is the national Police, police force of Jamaica. Founded in 1867, during the period of Colony of Jamaica, British colonialism, the JCF was intended as a civil body with a military structure. Since the late ...

Marine Division

Malaysia

* Royal Malaysian Police Marine Operations Force

Marshall Islands

* Kwajalein Police Department Marine Police Section

Monaco

* Monaco Police Force Marine Division

Netherlands

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

New Zealand

* New Zealand Police Maritime Policing Unit

Panama

* National Aeronaval Service

Philippines

* Philippine National Police ** Philippine National Police Maritime Group

Portugal

* Maritime Police * Republican National Guard (Portugal) Unidade de Controlo Costeiro (Coast Control Unit)

Russia

* Police of Russia's Water Police * Saint Petersburg Police's river police * Moscow Police's river police * FSB's Russian Coast Guard *

National Guard National guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original National Guard was formed during the French Revolution around a cadre of defectors from the French Guards. ...

Maritime Unit

Serbia

* Police of Serbia's River Police

Singapore

Singapore Police Force The Singapore Police Force (SPF) is the national and principal Police, law enforcement agency responsible for the prevention of crime and law enforcement in the Republic of Singapore. It is the country's lead agency against organised crime; hum ...

Police Coast Guard

Spain

* Guardia Civil Guardia Civil del Mar * Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera (Customs)

Sri Lanka

* Sri Lanka Police Service Marine Division

South Africa

* South African Police Service Water Wing

Thailand

Royal Thai Police The Royal Thai Police (RTP) (; ) is the national police force of Thailand. The RTP employs between 210,700 and 230,000 officers, roughly 17 percent of all civil servants (excluding the military and the employees of state-owned enterprises). The R ...

( Thai Marine Police Division)

United Kingdom

* Devon and Cornwall Constabulary Marine Operations Section * Dyfed-Powys Police Marine Unit * Dorset Police Marine Section *

Essex Police Essex Police is a territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Essex, in the East of England. Essex Police is responsible for a population of over 1.8 million people and an area of . The chief constable is Ben-Julian Harring ...

Marine and Diving Unit * Hampshire Constabulary Marine Unit * Kent Police Marine Unit * Lothian and Borders Police Marine Section * Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit (formerly Thames Division) * Ministry of Defence Police Marine Unit * Norfolk Constabulary Broads policing unit by boat with support from 'Broads beat' officers on land * Northumbria Police Marine Unit * North West Police Underwater Search & Marine Unit * Police Scotland Dive and Marine Unit

United States

; Federal * National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement *

United States Coast Guard The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and Admiralty law, law enforcement military branch, service branch of the armed forces of the United States. It is one of the country's eight Uniformed services ...

** Law Enforcement Detachments (LEDETS) ** Maritime Law Enforcement Specialist *

United States Customs and Border Protection United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest Federal law enforcement in the United States, federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. It is the country's primary border guard, border ...

: Air and Marine Operations * United States Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement * United States Park Police Marine Unit ;

District of Columbia Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and Federal district of the United States, federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from ...

* Metropolitan Police Department Harbor Patrol ; Alabama * Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Marine Resources In 2013 The Marine Police Division was merged into the Alabama Department of Public Safety's Marine Patrol Division ; Arizona * Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Lake Patrol Division,

Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

; California * East Bay Regional Park District Police Department Marine Patrol Unit,

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

* El Dorado County Sheriff's Office Boat Patrol,

* Los Angeles Port Police, Port of Los Angeles,

* Long Beach Harbor Patrol,

Port of Long Beach The Port of Long Beach, administered as the Harbor Department of the City of Long Beach, is a container port in the United States, which adjoins Port of Los Angeles. Acting as a major gateway for US–Asian trade, the port occupies of land wi ...

* Kern County Parks and Recreation Lake Patrol,

* Marin County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol,

* Placer County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit,

* Sacramento County Sheriff's Department Marine Enforcement Detail,

* Sacramento Police Department Marine Division,

* San Diego Harbor Police Department Public Safety Agency

* Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit,

; 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 Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

*Groton City Police Department Marine Patrol *Lake Housatonic Authority Marine Patrol * Metropolitan District Commission Police Department,

*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 * Delaware Natural Resources Police, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Fish and Wildlife * Delaware State Police Maritime Unit * Dover Police Department Marine Patrol Section,

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

* Wilmington Police Department Marine Unit ; Florida * Boynton Beach Police Department Marine Patrol,

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

* Daytona Beach Police Department Marine Unit,

* Florida Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Park Patrol *Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Law Enforcement * Fort Lauderdale Police Department Marine Unit,

* Hollywood Police Department Marine Unit,

* Key West Police Department Marine Unit,

* Lake County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit,

* Miami-Dade Police Department Marine Patrol,

* North Miami Police Department Marine Patrol,

* North Miami Beach Police Department Marine Patrol,

* Orlando Police Department Marine Patrol Unit,

* Polk County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit,

* Tampa Police Department Marine Unit,

; Georgia * Chatham County Police Department Marine Patrol Unit,

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* Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division ; Illinois * Chicago Police Department Marine Unit,

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

* Lake County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit,

; Indiana * Lake County Sheriff's Department Marine Unit,

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

; Iowa * Des Moines Police Department Waterway Operations Unit,

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

; Kentucky * Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Water Patrol ; Louisiana * Levee District Police,

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

* Port of New Orleans Harbor Police Department Patrol Boat Division,

; 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 * Baltimore Police Department Marine Unit,

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

* Baltimore County Police Department Marine Unit,

* Maryland Natural Resources Police *

Maryland Transportation Authority The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) is an independent state agency responsible for financing, constructing, operating, and maintaining eight transportation facilities, currently consisting of two toll roads, two tunnels, and four bridg ...

Police Department Marine Unit ; Massachusetts * Barnstable Police Department Marine Division,

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

Boston Police Department The Boston Police Department (BPD) is the primary law enforcement agency of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1854, the BPD is the oldest municipal police department in the United States. It is also the 20th largest law enforce ...

Harbor Unit,

* Massachusetts Environmental Police * Massachusetts State Police Marine Unit * Webster Police Department Marine Patrol,

; Michigan * Detroit Police Department Harbor Master Unit,

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

* Ludington Marine Patrol (jointly operated by city police and fire departments),

* Macomb County Sheriff's Office Marine Division,

* Michigan Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division, Marine Patrol * Muskegon County Sheriff's Office Marine Division,

* Oakland County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit,

* Ottawa County Sheriff's Office Marine Division,

* Wayne County Sheriff's Office Marine Division,

; Minnesota * Hennepin County, Minnesota Sheriff's Office Water Patrol, Hennepin County,

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

; Missouri * Missouri State Water Patrol Department of Public Safety, Jefferson City, Missouri ; New Hampshire * New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Law Enforcement Division * New Hampshire Marine Patrol Department of Safety ; New Jersey * Brick Township Police Department Marine Unit * Brielle Police Department Marine Unit * New Jersey Conservation Police * New Jersey State Park Police * New Jersey State Police Marine Services Bureau * Ocean County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit * Secaucus Police Department Marine Operations Bureau * Union County Police Department Marine Unit ; New York * Town of Babylon Public Safety Department Marine Patrols/Bay Constables, New York * Erie County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Unit, New York * Evans Police Department Marine Rescue and Recovery Unit, New York *Huntington Harbormasters Office /Marine Patrol * Town of Islip Harbor Police, New York * Nassau County Police Department Marine Division, New York *New York Environmental Conservation Police, New York Department of Environmental Conservation *

New York City Police Department The City of New York Police Department, also referred to as New York City Police Department (NYPD), is the primary law enforcement agency within New York City. Established on May 23, 1845, the NYPD is the largest, and one of the oldest, munic ...

Harbor Unit, New York * New York City Police Department Auxiliary Police Harbor Unit, New York * New York State Police Marine Detail *Putnam County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit, New York * Suffolk County Police Department Marine Bureau, New York * Suffolk County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit, New York ; North Carolina * Catawba County Sheriff's Office Lake Patrol Uni

* North Carolina Marine Patrol * Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Lakes Enforcement Division,

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

* Cornelius Police Department Lake Patrol Unit Cornelius, North Carolina * Gaston County Police Department Marine Enforcement Division,

; Ohio *

Butler County Sheriff's Office A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments, with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantries, pantr ...

Marine Patrol,

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

* Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Unit,

* Henry County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Division,

* Huron Police Department Harbor Patrol, * Lake County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol,

* Lorain Port Authority Marine Patrol,

Ohio Department of Natural Resources The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) is the Ohio government agency charged with ensuring "a balance between wise use and protection of our natural resources for the benefit of all." Functions ODNR regulates Ohio's oil and gas indus ...

Division of Watercraft * Perrysburg Township Police Department Marine Patrol,

* Rocky River Police Department Marine Patrol,

* Ross County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Unit,

* Sandusky Police Department Marine Patrol,

* Summit County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol,

* Toledo Police Department Harbor Patrol,

* Vermilion Police Department Marine Patrol Unit,

; Oklahoma * Oklahoma City Police Department Lake Patrol Section,

Oklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...

* Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lake Patrol Section (Troop W) * Grand River Dam Authority ; Pennsylvania * Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Bureau of Law Enforcement *

Philadelphia Police Department The Philadelphia Police Department (PPD, Philly PD, or Philly Police) is the police agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the County and City of Philadelphia. The PPD is one of the oldest municipal police agencies, f ...

Marine Unit,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

* Pittsburgh Bureau of Police River Rescue Unit,

(operated jointly with the city's Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and featured in the movie '' Striking Distance'') ; Rhode Island * Providence Police Department Harbor Patrol,

Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

*Rhode Island Environmental Police, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management ; South Carolina * Charleston Police Department Harbor Patrol.

South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

*Division of Law Enforcement, South Carolina Division of Natural Resources ; Tennessee * Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Marine Division,

Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

; Texas * Austin Park Police,

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

; Vermont * Colchester Police Department Marine Unit, Colchester, Vermont * Vermont State Police Marine Division Vermont ; Virginia * Henrico County Division of Police Marine Patrol,

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

* Virginia Marine Police, Law Enforcement Division, Virginia Marine Resources Commission ; Washington * Anacortes Police Department Marine Patrol, Washington * Kent Police Department Marine Patrol Unit, Washington * King County Sheriff's Office Marine/Dive Unit, Washington * Olympia Police Department Harbor Patrol, Washington * Poulsbo Police Department Marine Patrol, Washington *

Seattle Police Department The Seattle Police Department (SPD) is the principal police force, law enforcement agency of the city of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is responsible for the entire city except for the campus of the University of Washington (which is und ...

Harbor Patrol, Washington ; Wisconsin * Dane County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Division,

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

* Milwaukee Police Department Harbor Patrol Unit,

* Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Lakes Patrol Unit ; Multistate * Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department,

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, (PANYNJ; stylized, in logo since 2020, as Port Authority NY NJ) is a joint venture between the U.S. states of New York (state), New York and New Jersey, established in 1921 through an interstate c ...

* Delaware River Port Authority Police Department Marine Unit

Vietnam

** Ministry of Public Security:

Vietnam People's Public Security The People's Public Security of Vietnam (), alternatively the People's Public Security Forces (PPS; - CAND), also recognized as the Vietnamese police, Vietnamese Police or by its Vietnamese short name (), is the national police and the main ...

*** Department of Traffic Police: Vietnam Traffic Police **** Bureau of Water Traffic Patrol and Control: Vietnam River Police **** Bureau of Water Criminal Investigation: Vietnam River Police **** River Squadron I **** River Squadron II **** River Squadron III

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Lake Michigan Lake Michigan ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and depth () after Lake Superior and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the ...

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References

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Dyfed-Powys Police Marine Unit
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