Tag: Dive Teams: Page 2

Patrol

Missing Buffalo Officer’s K-9 Partner Ran to River to Search for Him

"It was kind of spooky," Losi said. "We all got tears in our eyes and choked up a little. When we opened the door, he knocked us out of the way, myself and a couple of other handlers, and he ran down to the river and started running back and forth, searching."

October 16, 2017

Technology

JW Fishers' Metal Detectors Being Used Worldwide to Locate Underwater Evidence and Explosives

Dive Team Leader Steve Sutton-Brown reports using Fishers new SAR-1 detector in a recent training exercise. “We’re regularly called on to search for evidence such as guns, knives, bullet casings, etc. We generally dive in visibility that is zero to one foot, which is one of the reasons we choose this machine.

May 3, 2017

Vehicle Ops

Rigid Inflatable Boats

Ribcraft

Ribcraft rigid inflatable boats range in size from 14 to 41 feet long and are customizable to meet each agency's needs.

November 25, 2013

Patrol

Virginia Cop Dies During Dive Training

A member of the Chesapeake (Va.) Police Department's dive team died during a training exercise at Oak Grove Lake Park on Tuesday.

December 19, 2011

Patrol

Police Diver Retrieves Evidence, Vehicles From Rivers and Bayous

In addition to his patrol duties, Officer Mark Michaud heads up his agency's dive team, which finds and retrieves stolen vehicles and other evidence. He also trains and assists other agencies in water survival and rescues.

June 19, 2011

Technology

Side-Scan Sonar Identifies N.Y. Crash Evidence

Side-scan sonar is known as a "towfish" — it's a torpedo-like device towed behind a boat. The towfish converts acoustic sound pulses into a video image of the river bottom. To a trained operator, the resulting image offers a photographic view of the bottom that can be used to identify items of interest.

September 1, 2009

Vehicle Ops

NYPD and Federal Marine Experts Search for Missing US Airways Engine in Hudson

Police harbor officers are using sonar-equipped boats and working with a sonar expert from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration as they search the area where the plane came down Thursday, near the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. The NYPD is also monitoring the river from the air because sensitive equipment could be damaged by ice and must be removed if the river gets too icy.

January 19, 2009

Training

Boston PD's Harbor Patrol Unit

When it comes to the Boston Harbor, what goes in…must eventually come out. And as countless criminals and scofflaws have learned, it's usually the Boston Police Department that brings evidence to the surface—figuratively and literally.

December 31, 2006

Patrol

Dive Training: Beyond the Basics

Beyond the basic dive certification that most enthusiasts get from the PADI, an agency will probably have to depend on a more specialized source for training.

April 30, 2005