Storm Approaching
By Lieutenant Gary R. Bowen, USCG
With violence on the rise in missions from alien interdiction to fisheries enforcement, the Maritime Law Enforcement program is steering into a major storm. To protect boarding parties—such as this team in riot gear approaching a migrant vessel—the Coast Guard must improve and centralize training and create a law enforcement rating.
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Lieutenant Bowen teaches law and edits the Maritime Law Enforcement Bulletin at the Maritime Law Enforcement School in Yorktown, Virginia. He previously served as a law enforcement training officer and as officer in charge of LEDet Three. He thanks QM2 Vincent Aquino and Lieutenant Commander Michael Bedard for research and editing assistance.
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