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Police say the boat’s operator told him that a larger vessel cut in front of him and caused a wake that threw him out of the his boat. He was not using his boat’s emergency engine cut-off switch.
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At approximately 1:30 p.m., Officer Shawn Paradis and Officer Matthew Monaghan were on patrol on the Mystic River on “Marine One”—the Groton PD’s patrol boat—when they received a distress call from a sailboat in the area of Fishers Island, New York.
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When an attempt to throw a flotation device to the man failed, an officer dove into the water and pulled the victim to the shore.
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The driverless boat made an unexpected turn and struck the patrol boat. The impact threw the officers into the water, and it capsized the patrol boat, briefly pinning the officers under it.
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The video shows a female deputy leaning out of the boat to pull the flag from the water before shaking it out to dry.
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The Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office (NJ) made an unusual water rescue over the weekend after they reported finding a dog-paddling Siberian Husky a mile-and-a-half out in the bay off Union Beach.
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Late last month, a group of police agencies in New York participated in a two-day training exercise held in conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard New York. It was one of many such training exercises undertaken by maritime and airborne units across the country every year in preparation for a busy summer season of rescue operations.
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On Sunday, June 12, at approximately 5:24 p.m. a call came in about several people stranded in water just east of Beer Can Island (Longboat Key) after their boat capsized. The HCSO Aviation Unit first flew over the scene and confirmed a boat was upside down in the water, with several people swimming around it.
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The man then walked back to his grey Honda Civic. When Harbor Police officers approached the man, police say he presented a gun.
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Recently enacted "police reform" legislation in Massachusetts will require harbormasters to complete added police training at the same time that reserve academy training is all but eliminated.
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