WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Wilmington Police Department’s Marine Patrol Unit is expanding its training efforts after another officer completed an advanced tactical boating course designed for high-risk situations on the water.
The marine unit, part of the department’s Special Operations Division, is tasked with keeping local waterways safe. Officers routinely train in real-world scenarios, and now that preparation is being enhanced through certification from the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators’ Tactical Operator Course.
“You do a weeklong course where you learn how to do escorts and intercepts of other boats that are, may be, a threat to boats that we are escorting in,” said Sgt. Suzanne Genda, the latest member of the unit to complete the training…