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U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Cormorant, an 87 foot coastal patrol boat based out of Ft. Pierce, Florida, visited Freeport, Grand Bahama, this past weekend to participate in two international exchanges between the United States and The Bahamas.<\/p>\n
The first engagement on Saturday, August 17th, involved a joint search and rescue (SAR) exercise with Bahamas Air-Sea Rescue Association (BASRA).<\/p>\n
The second exercise on Sunday, August 18th, focused on maritime law enforcement and included officials from the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) Marine Unit, the USCG, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).\u00a0 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.
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The search and rescue activity with BASRA coincided with their 43rd annual Bernie Butler Swim Marathon, BASRA\u2019s largest fundraiser of the year.\u00a0 Taking place near Freeport in waters off Coral Beach, the scenario involved the rescue of a person in the water by the cutter\u2019s small boat and the \u201cvictim\u2019s\u201d subsequent transfer to the cutter for further care.<\/p>\n
The so-called victim was in fact Mr. Michael Malone, Vice Chairperson for BASRA\u2019s Grand Bahama chapter, who was afforded an up close and personal demonstration of USCG SAR procedures and capabilities.\u00a0 Since BASRA and the USCG are so closely partnered on matters concerning safety of life at sea, this engagement represented a very valuable interaction between the two organizations.
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\nOn Sunday, two RBPF Marine Unit vessels (including its newly commissioned 41 foot Apostle SAFE boat) joined the Cormorant at its berth in Freeport Harbour to participate in a joint maritime law enforcement exchange.\u00a0 In total, nine members of the RBPF, two DEA members and the Cormorant\u2019s crew of eleven participated in a daylong session dedicated to the exchange of information and procedures related to shipboard law enforcement tactics and techniques.<\/p>\n
Topics of discussion included methods to detect hidden compartments designed for smuggling contraband, radio communications, and proper vessel boarding and search techniques.\u00a0 The day\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
The Coast Guard, BASRA and the RBPF intend to capitalize upon the momentum generated by this past weekend\u2019s visits to plan and execute even more robust exchanges in the near future, which ultimately will serve to improve each agency\u2019s overall interoperability and responsiveness. Photo 3: Representatives from the RBPF Marine Unit, the USCG and DEA participate in joint law enforcement exchange on Grand Bahama.<\/span> The U.S. Coast Guard visited Freeport, Grand Bahama, this past weekend to participate in two international exchanges between the United States and The Bahamas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-38522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nPhoto 1: U.S. and Bahamian law enforcement officers participate in exercises onboard the USCG Cormorant.<\/span>
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\nPhoto 2:\u00a0 An RBPF Marine Unit vessel participates in the joint maritime law enforcement exchange in waters off Grand Bahama.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nPhoto 4: U.S. and Bahamian law enforcement officers participate in training exercises onboard the USCG Cutter Cormorant.<\/span>
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