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St. James Parish Police RHIB

Ocean Craft Marine (OCM) based in Annapolis, Md., has delivered a new police boat to the St. James Parish, La.

Sheriff’s Of? ce Special Response Team (SRT).

The St. James Parish Sherriff’s Of? ce is adding the Ocean

Craft Marine 8M Law Enforcement (LE) Interceptor rigid hull in? atable boat (RHIB) to its assortment of patrol craft

Ocean Craft Marine in order to augment their riverine capabilities with the lat- est in high-performance hull designs. The Sheriff Of? ce board motor guard. The new police boat is powered by will utilize the new vessel to increase the effectiveness and twin Mercury Marine SeaPro 150-horsepower outboards.

timeliness of its response to domestic incidents, counter- “The new boat’s on-water performance is truly remark- narcotics operations and natural disasters. able with an incredible lightning quick hole-shot and

Ocean Craft Marine’s 8M Law Enforcement (LE) Inter- time-on-plane, and with very predictable seakeeping char- ceptor incorporates a military-grade Hypalon pneumatic acteristics and the ability to carve amazingly tight high- tube-set, a T-top with integrated electronics mast, fore and speed tactical turns due to Ocean Craft Marine’s advanced aft tow posts, and an aft a-frame with an integrated out- concave reverse-chine design Air-Hull,” the builder said.

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