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The USCG and U.S. Border Patrol conducted a maritime patrol in Canadian border

The USCG and U.S. Border Patrol conducted a maritime patrol in Canadian border, MH-60 Jayhawk Kodiak
Archive image: Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews prepare for a formation flight in snowy conditions at Air Station Kodiak. Formation flights provide training for the aircrews.
U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area Photo.

JUNEAU, Alaska – Coast Guard (USCG) personnel partnered with U.S. Border Patrol agents near Southeast Alaska and the Canadian border, November 17-18, 2020 as a joint interagency effort to enforce border security, motor vessel safety and educate vessel operators on border crossing requirements.

A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130J Super Hercules aircrew provided logistical support by transporting Border Patrol agents and equipment from Anchorage to Juneau.​

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew provided an overflight, identifying vessels of interest for Border Patrol agents and Coast Guard law enforcement crews aboard a Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot Response Boat-Medium.

The USCG and U.S. Border Patrol conducted a maritime patrol in Canadian border, HC-130J Super Hercules Kodiak
Archive image: a Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130J Super Hercules aircrew takes off from an airstrip in Sitka, Alaska, Nov. 16, 2020. The Kodiak aircrew delivered aircraft parts.
Courtesy photo by Don Kluting.

The law enforcement crews completed four joint boardings. During the boardings Coast Guard members discussed the importance of vessel safety with the mariners, and the Border Patrol agents discussed the rules and regulations that effect the U.S. and Canadian border crossings, specifically within the Taku Inlet.

Vessels are required to submit the proper Notice of Arrival information in accordance with federal regulations when arriving from a foreign port.

Border Patrol agents have the authority to inspect travel documents and conduct customs searches.​

Canadian officials were aware of the operation.

The USCG and U.S. Border Patrol conducted a maritime patrol in Canadian border, Station Juneau Response Boat-Medium
A Coast Guard law enforcement officer conducts a boarding on a vessel in Southeast Alaska, November 17, 2020. Coast Guard personnel partnered with Border Patrol agents near Southeast Alaska and the Canadian border, November 17-18, 2020 as a joint interagency effort to enforce border security, motor vessel safety and educate vessel operators on border crossing requirements.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexandria Preston.

«Partnerships between federal, state, tribal and other local agencies are necessary to provide an enforcement presence across Alaska’s expansive geographic and maritime domain,» said Lt. Jeff Schoknecht, Sector Juneau enforcement officer. «These joint operations improve training, and establish more efficient tactics and techniques that enables greater search and rescue and law enforcement responses.»

-USCG-

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