police watercraft
{{Short description|Use of watercraft in police operations}}
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Image:NYPD boat99pct.jpg Harbor Unit in 2006]]
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,[http://www.thamespolicemuseum.org.uk/index.html Thames Police Museum] 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.[http://www.eastrivernyc.org/ehistory/pirates_48027_1_p.php 1903 New York Harbor Police boat patrol capturing pirates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813144414/http://www.eastrivernyc.org/ehistory/pirates_48027_1_p.php |date=2007-08-13 }}
Types of police boats
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
See also
References
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