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LTC 154-2025 Monthly Marine Patrol Update - March 2025MIAMI BEACH OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER LTC# 154-2025 TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: LETTER TO COMMISSION Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission Eric Carpenter, City Manager � � April 15, 2025 Monthly Marine Patrol Update - March 2025 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 March, Marine Patrol Officers made seven (7) arrest for loud music around Monument Island and issued 96 citations in the area bringing the total to 200 throughout 2025. See below the citation enforcement for March. 41