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OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC #517-2025
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LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Eric Carpenter, City Manager � �
December 08, 2025
Monthly Marine Patrol Update -October and November 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 October 01 to November 30,
2025, as compared to the same period in 2024 as well as year to date:
Oct 2025 Oct 2024 Jan-YTD 2025
Arrests 4 5 64
Boating Citations 138 110 1725
Livery Violations 0 4 44
Speeding Citations (Manatees)20 22 410
Miscellaneous Violations 83 62 800
Education 13 9 168
Safety 22 13 303
Jet Ski Speeding Citations 13 N/A 205
Vessel Tows 0 1 17
Derelict Vessels
Tows -Derelict 0 0 10
Cited-Derelict 4 1 43
Cited-At Risk 4 5 19
Removed by Owner 20 0 36
Checks
Marine Sanitation Device 2 3 30
Propulsion 0 1 24
Navigational Lighting 10 10 72
Outside Agency Assists 0 0 0
Nov 2025 Nov 2024 Jan-YTD 2025
Arrests 0 5 64
Boating Citations 159 169 1884
Livery Violations 0 5 44
Speeding Citations (Manatees)29 42 439
Miscellaneous Violations 87 76 887
Education 12 20 180
Safety 31 26 334
Jet Ski Speeding Citations 12 NIA 217
Vessel Tows 1 1 18
Derelict Vessels
Tows -Derelict 3 0 13
Cited -Derelict 2 8 45
Cited -At Risk 3 0 22
Removed by Owner 0 0 36
Checks
Marine Sanitation Device 0 3 30
Propulsion 0 3 24
Navigational Lighting 10 9 82
Outside Agency Assists 0 0 0
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