2016

NS3274 : Marine Policing Unit at Port Glasgow

taken 9 years ago, near to Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland

Marine Policing Unit at Port Glasgow
Marine Policing Unit at Port Glasgow
A very fast RHIB (Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat) is being launched into the Clyde at low tide at the recently renovated Coronation Park slipway.
Police Scotland Marine Policing Unit

The Marine Policing Unit forms part of the Operational Support Division of Police Scotland.

The Unit is strategically located across four sites in Scotland:
• Bucksburn Police Station, Aberdeen (Dedicated Dive and Marine)
• Greenock Community Fire Station, Rue End Street Greenock (Dedicated Dive and Marine)
• Fettes Avenue, Edinburgh (Non-dedicated Marine officers only)
• Dundee, Baluniefield (Non-dedicated Marine officers only)

The primary function of the Marine Unit is to support operational policing by providing a capability to conduct searches on water, under water and within confined spaces.

This support includes:
• Missing person search/body recovery
• Property search/recovery
• Intelligence led searches
• Counter Terrorist (CT) security searches;
• Marine patrol
• Flood assistance in support of the Fire and Rescue Service
• Underwater Scenes of crime photography/video
• Waterborne security at high profile events
• Search/recovery in a confined space environment
• Examination of equipment in Diving Fatalities
• Operation of the Police Scotland Dive School


Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Thomas Nugent and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Business, Retail, Services City, Town centre Estuary, Marine Primary Subject: Slipway
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NS3274, 1836 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Thomas Nugent   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 18 November, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 21 November, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 3237 7464 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:56.1302N 4:41.1096W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 3245 7466
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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