LTC 428-2025 Monthly Marine Patrol Update - September 2025MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC #428-2025
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LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Eric Carpenter, City Manager � <1,;,�-
October 8, 2025
Monthly Marine Patrol Update - September 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, and
two (2) 25-foot Contender Bay Boats.
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 following are reported activities carried out by the Marine Patrol Unit from September 1 to September
30, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024 as well as year to date:
Sept 2025 Sept 2024 Jan-YTD 2025
Arrests 5 6 60
Boating Citations 137 150 1587
Livery Violations 2 7 44
Speeding Citations (Manatees)29 35 390
Miscellaneous Violations 72 68 717
Education 11 9 155
Safety 23 31 281
Jet Ski Speeding Citations 28 NIA 192
Vessel Tows 3 4 17
Derelict Vessels
Tows -Derelict 0 0 10
Cited -Derelict 4 6 39
Cited -At Risk 0 8 15
Removed by Owner 1 0 16
Checks
Marine Sanitation Device 3 2 28
Propulsion 0 1 24
Navigational Lighting 8 14 61
Outside Agency Assists 0 0 0
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