Inland sheriff's office gets 33-foot boat (Morning Journal)
Editors note: Below is a link to an article about the new patrol boat that will be used to patrol the Canadian/US border throughout Lake Erie. Many boaters have expressed concern about aditional patrols in the Vermilion River, this boat will not be policing the river but be used exclusily by the Dept of Homeland Security for border protection. Only those boaters crossing back from Canada should take note.
"ELYRIA -- The Lorain County Sheriff's Office is getting its own boat, though the department's jurisdiction does not include areas bordering Lake Erie. The 33-foot boat will be docked in the Erie County portion of Vermilion, according to a dock lease with the Vermilion Port Authority approved yesterday by the Lorain County commissioners. The boat was obtained through an Ohio Department of Homeland Security grant, according to Homeland Security spokeswoman Lindsey Wayt. Two other boats are going to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Craft, Wayt said. The department got the boat, ''To increase law enforcement presence in keeping with the Northern Border Initiative, to secure Ohio's international border with Canada,'' Wayt said"