Police watercraft

NYPD

Harbor Unit in 2006

Police watercraft are

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.^[2]

Types of police boats

Patrol boat
Motorboat
Airboat
Rigid-hulled inflatable boat

Gallery of police boats

Boats of the Bermuda Police Service Marine Section at Barr's Bay
Combined police/fireboat in Bremen, Germany
Police patrol boats in Helsinki, Finland
Police boat, Liverpool, England, October 2009
Thames
in 2005
London Metropolitan Police boat John Harriott IV on the Thames
London Metropolitan Police boat Nina Mackay II on the Thames in 2013
SAFE Boats 33' RIB of the Los Angeles Port Police
Biesbosch
in 2008
Netherlands Police jet ski on the Lek 2012.
New South Wales Police Force vessel OPV Nemesis
New South Wales Police Force boat patrolling Port Jackson.
Anti terrorism Police boat in Venice
Israeli maritime police Defender-class boat Hazon and water scooter in Eilat Marina, Israel