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Descant · 12-31-2024, 05:19 PM

$1.5 million makes more sense to me than $15 Million. I think this dates back to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. I recall a conversation with Director Dave Barrett where he pointed out that if NHMP took over some responsibilities for coastal enforcement we would get a big chunk of money. The Safety Commissioner wanted the money and that was part of the plan to bring MP into State Police, give them guns and enhanced training requirements. In my mind, those extra requirements make it more expensive to recruit, hire and train MP officers who only work in the summer. So MP on the seacoast is year round, but we are shorthanded on the lakes. Years later, as it turns out, State Police and local PD's are also having trouble recruiting. IMO, we should have followed Maine's example and combined F & G and MP and leave the coast to the USCG.
I own a boat that was previously registered in New Jersey. It has several stickers on the aft bulkhead, one on a forward porthole and the regular registration stickers. My marina wants me to have a sticker, and I think NHDES gives me one ("free") for having a compliant water system. I register the boat at MVYC and they put the NH stickers on when they launch the boat. Easy.

12-31-2024, 05:19 PM	#11
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,337 Thanks: 1,339 Thanked 1,620 Times in 1,052 Posts	Fed money $1.5 million makes more sense to me than $15 Million. I think this dates back to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. I recall a conversation with Director Dave Barrett where he pointed out that if NHMP took over some responsibilities for coastal enforcement we would get a big chunk of money. The Safety Commissioner wanted the money and that was part of the plan to bring MP into State Police, give them guns and enhanced training requirements. In my mind, those extra requirements make it more expensive to recruit, hire and train MP officers who only work in the summer. So MP on the seacoast is year round, but we are shorthanded on the lakes. Years later, as it turns out, State Police and local PD's are also having trouble recruiting. IMO, we should have followed Maine's example and combined F & G and MP and leave the coast to the USCG. I own a boat that was previously registered in New Jersey. It has several stickers on the aft bulkhead, one on a forward porthole and the regular registration stickers. My marina wants me to have a sticker, and I think NHDES gives me one ("free") for having a compliant water system. I register the boat at MVYC and they put the NH stickers on when they launch the boat. Easy.