Lt. Dunleavy, NHMP, responds....

[Bear Islander]

Originally Posted by Woodsy

BI....

Thats not true... there is a VERY practical way to control the irresponsible boater. The same way they control the irresponsible car driver... Increased Police presence! Ask any LEO... lots of thier patrols involve "showing the flag" so to speak! Its truly amazing how people tend to obey the rules when there is a LEO around.

Speed limits, HP limits, Size limits mean nothing if the agency tasked with enforcing the rules is underfunded and/or understaffed! In order to get increased MP patrols, we need BETTER FUNDING FOR THE NHMP! NHMP is funded soley by boaters for boaters... I for one would support a modest increase in my registration fee if it went to directly funding the NHMP.

Woodsy

I agree!

I support increased funding for the Marine Patrol. However I do not believe it will happen. Skip posted about this a while back, and in his opinion (worth a lot more than mine) it wasn't going to happen.