Multi-agency BUI demonstration

Agencies step up Boating Under the Influence enforcement

Crewmembers from Station Portsmouth, Va., conduct a simulated field-sobriety test with a plainly-clothed station member during a boating under the influence enforcement demonstration at the station Tuesday, June 23, 2009. This demonstration was a multi-agency event with representatives from the Coast Guard, the Coast Guard Auxiliary, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Virginia Beach Police department marine unit, Newport News marine police, and the Marine Incident Response Team. (U.S. Coast Guard photo / Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Jones)

Coast Guard Station Portsmouth, Va., crewmembers conduct a simulated field-sobriety test during a Boating Under the Influence enforcement demonstration at the station Tuesday, June 23, 2009. This demonstration informs boaters that law enforcement personnel will be focusing their efforts on BUI as part of Operation Dry Water June 26 to 28. The multi-agency event included representatives from the Coast Guard, the Coast Guard Auxiliary, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Virginia Beach Police department marine unit, Newport News marine police, and the Marine Incident Response Team. (U.S. Coast Guard photo / Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Jones)

Members of agencies participating in Operation Dry Water pose for a group photo at a law enforcement demonstration at Station Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Operation Dry Water is a nationwide multi-agency intitiative for enforcement of boating under the influence laws aimed at reducing alcohol-related accidents and fatalities. (U.S. Coast Guard photo / Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Jones)

Click here for the related Hampton Roads Operation Dry Water news release.

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