U.S. Chargé d'Affaires John Dinkelman, Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Grand Bahama Emrick Seymour and a representative from the U.S. Coast Guard make presentations to the RBPF’s Marine Unit Inspector Robert Osborne and Inspector Doyle Burrows.
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Freeport, Bahamas - On May
19-23, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Cormorant, an 87 foot coastal
patrol boat based out of Ft. Pierce, Florida, visited Freeport, Grand
Bahama, for a one-week subject matter expert international
exchange between the United States and The Bahamas. The training
focused on maritime law enforcement and included members of the Royal
Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) Marine Unit, the USCG, and the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA). USCGC Cormorant
is assigned to Coast Guard Sector Miami and performs a myriad of law
enforcement and search and rescue missions in the Florida Straits.
The
training, entitled “Law Enforcement and Boatcrew Procedures Training”
consisted of class room and hands on training
covered ranging from vessel searches, handcuffing, boatcrew duties, man
overboard drills, seamanship, and some basic navigation.
U.S.
Chargé d'Affaires John Dinkelman and Assistant Commissioner of Police in
charge of Grand Bahama Emrick Seymour presented fourteen members of the
RBPF certificates of completion following the
training program. The week’s activities were viewed by all
participants as incredibly beneficial and informative as well as an
outstanding opportunity to get to know one another and strengthen
international partnerships. The Coast Guard and the RBPF intend
to capitalize upon the momentum generated by this visit and plan and
execute even more robust exchanges in the near future, which ultimately
will serve to improve each agency’s overall interoperability and
responsiveness.
Members of the RBPF Marine Unit, the USCG, and the DEA participate in law enforcement and boatcrew training on Grand Bahama.
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