Did anyone see the chase up Alton Bay?

Alton Bay · 05-30-2011, 06:53 AM

Did anyone see the chase up Alton Bay at dusk last night? A boater with no lights was being chased by a Marine Patrol boat and when I lost sight of him, the boater was gaining distance and Marine Patrol was clearly not able to keep up...
Wondering if MP ever caught him?

lawn psycho · 05-30-2011, 06:59 AM

Anyone know if MP has any night vision equipment?

The other question would be if the boat in question even knew MP was behind them.

This'nThat · 05-30-2011, 07:47 AM

We saw the start of it. The MP wasn't trying to go very fast, IMO. Besides, as one officer told me when I asked how fast his boat could actually go: "Doesn't matter. No one can outrun the radio". So, I imagine they caught up with the perp sooner or later.

smith point boater · 05-30-2011, 08:42 AM

We saw the chase move from Sleeper's Island to Smith Point before we lost sight. The MP only seemed to be a couple hundred yards behind the boat. A second MP boat chased after them a couple minutes later...

ApS · 05-31-2011, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by lawn psycho

The other question would be if the boat in question even knew MP was behind them.

Maybe one MP boat, but there were two!

Rinkerguy · 05-31-2011, 12:51 PM

Probably like most of the small towns in NH

Nothing better to do, so they join in on a high speed chase to deal with the menotoney

hancoveguy · 05-31-2011, 05:19 PM

I know for a fact that most of the MP boats have FLIR (forward looking infra red) cameras and radar...I doubt they got very far...Even if the boat beat the MP in a line of sight situation by ducking in somewhere, the MP boat would still track him on the radar...

HCG

NH_boater · 05-31-2011, 06:27 PM

I can only think of three reasons a 'logical' person might run from MP. First, it is a stolen boat. They are almost caught in chase so run, ditch the boat and run away on foot. Second, they have been drinking and plan to quickly park the boat and get lost for a while before getting caught DUI. Third, there is a warrant out for their arrest and they think they can duck in some where and get away on foot or by car.

Most people must realize they are not going to get away with their boat from MP in chase.

MAXUM · 06-01-2011, 01:10 PM

Could be that the MP backed off a bit so the situation did not get out of hand and turn into an all out full throttle chase at dusk on the lake. I've heard that the police will do that if they feel as though the public's safety could be jeopardized and like it has already been mentioned you can't out run a radio.

Would be interesting to hear what started the whole thing... somebody has to have some dirt on what happened!

John A. Birdsall · 06-01-2011, 02:52 PM

No dirt Maxum, the spray from the lake washed it away!!!

05-30-2011, 06:53 AM	#1
Alton Bay Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 188 Thanks: 73 Thanked 24 Times in 21 Posts	Did anyone see the chase up Alton Bay? Did anyone see the chase up Alton Bay at dusk last night? A boater with no lights was being chased by a Marine Patrol boat and when I lost sight of him, the boater was gaining distance and Marine Patrol was clearly not able to keep up... Wondering if MP ever caught him?

05-30-2011, 07:47 AM	#3
This'nThat Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 534 Thanks: 19 Thanked 134 Times in 61 Posts	Can't outrun the radio We saw the start of it. The MP wasn't trying to go very fast, IMO. Besides, as one officer told me when I asked how fast his boat could actually go: "Doesn't matter. No one can outrun the radio". So, I imagine they caught up with the perp sooner or later.

05-30-2011, 08:42 AM	#4
smith point boater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: West Alton,NH Posts: 197 Thanks: 328 Thanked 92 Times in 51 Posts	Made it to Sleepers... We saw the chase move from Sleeper's Island to Smith Point before we lost sight. The MP only seemed to be a couple hundred yards behind the boat. A second MP boat chased after them a couple minutes later...

06-01-2011, 02:52 PM	#10
John A. Birdsall Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Norwich, CT Posts: 599 Thanks: 27 Thanked 51 Times in 35 Posts	boat chase No dirt Maxum, the spray from the lake washed it away!!!

05-30-2011, 06:59 AM	#2
lawn psycho Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: On the move... Posts: 987 Thanks: 113 Thanked 248 Times in 133 Posts	Anyone know if MP has any night vision equipment? The other question would be if the boat in question even knew MP was behind them.

05-31-2011, 12:51 PM	#6
Rinkerguy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 121 Thanks: 0 Thanked 33 Times in 24 Posts	Probably like most of the small towns in NH Nothing better to do, so they join in on a high speed chase to deal with the menotoney

05-31-2011, 05:19 PM	#7
hancoveguy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 276 Thanks: 95 Thanked 65 Times in 30 Posts	I know for a fact that most of the MP boats have FLIR (forward looking infra red) cameras and radar...I doubt they got very far...Even if the boat beat the MP in a line of sight situation by ducking in somewhere, the MP boat would still track him on the radar... HCG

05-31-2011, 06:27 PM	#8
NH_boater Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 298 Thanks: 14 Thanked 147 Times in 62 Posts	I can only think of three reasons a 'logical' person might run from MP. First, it is a stolen boat. They are almost caught in chase so run, ditch the boat and run away on foot. Second, they have been drinking and plan to quickly park the boat and get lost for a while before getting caught DUI. Third, there is a warrant out for their arrest and they think they can duck in some where and get away on foot or by car. Most people must realize they are not going to get away with their boat from MP in chase.

06-01-2011, 01:10 PM	#9
MAXUM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kuna ID Posts: 2,755 Thanks: 246 Thanked 1,942 Times in 802 Posts	Could be that the MP backed off a bit so the situation did not get out of hand and turn into an all out full throttle chase at dusk on the lake. I've heard that the police will do that if they feel as though the public's safety could be jeopardized and like it has already been mentioned you can't out run a radio. Would be interesting to hear what started the whole thing... somebody has to have some dirt on what happened!