NCPD MARINE BUREAU

The Marine Bureau has patrolled Nassau County's 225 square miles of marine district waterways and provided marine police service for more than seventy-nine years. The Marine Bureau was established by a departmental order at the close of Prohibition during 1933, eight years after the inception of the Department. It is one of the oldest bureaus within the Nassau County Police Department, and one of the oldest police marine patrol agencies in New York State... The Marine Bureau employed the use of donated vessels for patrol purposes during its modest beginnings. In 1938, the Department purchased its first manufactured patrol vessel which was built by the Freeport Point Shipyard at Freeport, New York. (Photo)... Today, the Marine Bureau patrols county waterways aboard a fleet of modern patrol boats that range in size up to 41 feet in length. The Marine Bureau patrols 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Primary location: East Rockaway United States