LTC 027-2025 Monthly Marine Patrol Update - December 2024MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC# LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO:
FROM:
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Eric Carpenter, City Manager £1c, �
DATE: January 16, 2025
SUBJECT: Monthly Marine Patrol Update -December 2024
The purpose of this Letter to Commission (L TC) is to provide a monthly update on the efforts by the
Administration to maintain public safety on City of Miami Beach waterways.
The Miami Beach Police Department's Marine Patrol Unit consists of one (1) sergeant and six (6) officers who have split shift hours and weekends to allow for seven-day coverage of City waterways. The unit's fleet currently consists of two (2) 32-foot Contenders, one (1) 25-foot SAFE Boat, one (1) 21-foot Contender, two
(2)25-foot Contender Bay Boats, and one (1) 18-foot Whaler.
The Marine Patrol Unit has also assigned an officer to be a full-time Derelict Vessel Investigator whose duties include investigating all the anchored vessels daily, weekly, and monthly. The anchored vessels are inspected for registration, proof of ownership, marine sanitation device, anchor light at night, propulsion test,
hull integrity, and illegal moorings attached to the vessels.
The Palm and Hibiscus Islands are located within one of the most patrolled areas of the city. Every weekend, Marine Patrol officers are stationed at Monument Island in the direct vicinity of the Palm and Hibiscus Islands as shown by Marine Patrol's enforcement activity below. The green circles indicate each enforcement action taken by Marine Patrol. In December, Marine Patrol Officers made four (4) arrests for loud music around Monument Island and issued 66 citations in the area bringing the total to 566 throughout 2024. This accounts for roughly one third of Marine Patrol's written citations year to date. See below the citation enforcement for
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