{"id":11057,"date":"2017-06-03T00:40:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T04:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=11057"},"modified":"2017-06-03T00:40:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-03T04:40:06","slug":"meet-bricks-new-police-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2017\/06\/meet-bricks-new-police-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Brick’s New Police Boat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brick\u2019s new police boat, a 25-foot Defender class vessel. (Photo: Brick Twp. Police)<\/p><\/div>\n

Brick police\u00a0officers will have a state-of-the-art vessel in their marine unit fleet for the 2017 summer boating season.<\/p>\n

The department\u00a0has launched its new boat, a 25-foot former U.S. Coast Guard Defender-class patrol vessel, in preparation\u00a0for the summer season.<\/p>\n

The boat was launched last weekend for Memorial Day and will be in use\u00a0through\u00a0Labor Day and afterward as needed, police said.<\/p>\n

Powered by twin 225 horsepower Honda engines, the boat was\u00a0acquired from U.S. Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook and was outfitted by\u00a0utilizing drug forfeiture funds, said Lt. Timothy Boyle.<\/p>\n

Patrolman Daniel Fogarty, who serves as a Coast Guard reservist in addition to his duties with the Brick police department, headed the project, said Boyle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The boat and its crew\u00a0will conduct patrols on the bay, rivers and lagoons strictly enforcing boating\u00a0regulations and citing those who are operating their vessels carelessly, said Boyle.<\/p>\n

Built by SAFE Boats International, Defenderclass boats are\u00a0made up of high-speed, rigid-hull aluminum that have twin engines and can travel up to 46 knots (52 m.p.h.).\u00a0Though similar in appearance to an inflatable boat, its collar is made of rigid polyethylene foam.<\/p>\n

The boat, a 2010 model that includes the boat, motors and trailer, was\u00a0acquired for $40,000, said Mayor John Ducey. It was acquired with funds left over in last year\u2019s surplus account.<\/p>\n

Councilman Jim Fozman said Chief James Riccio requested the boat as an upgrade to the department\u2019s current fleet since the Defender is capable of operating in rough weather.<\/p>\n

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Brick police\u00a0officers will have a state-of-the-art vessel in their marine unit fleet for the 2017 summer boating season. The department\u00a0has launched its new boat, a 25-foot former U.S. Coast Guard Defender-class patrol vessel, in preparation\u00a0for the summer season. The boat was launched last weekend for Memorial Day and will be in use\u00a0through\u00a0Labor Day and afterward […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[24,129,2917],"class_list":["post-11057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boating-fishing","category-police-fire-courts","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-brick-township-police-department","tag-police-boat"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-03-at-12.35.21-AM.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-2Sl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}