Jump on board – join one of the few specialist police Marine Units in the UK

Did you know there are only a handful of police forces in the country who have a specialist marine unit, and we’re one of them?

A wave of opportunity has reached the shore, and a new role will be heading back out to sea – are you ready to jump on board?

For those of you with maritime experience, you can join our Marine Unit as a Special Constable to play your part in keeping our vast marine community safe – both on land and on sea.

You will initially join as a Special Constable, where you will undertake training to get the same powers, uniform and protective equipment as regular officers. Then as soon as you gain independent patrol status, you will move directly into the Marine Specialism, working alongside Marine Police Officers and supporting them with incidents, patrols, and tackling coastal crime.

Marine policing requires specialist skills and equipment to enable our officers to police the miles of our coastlines, ports, and waterways including 123 square miles of the Humber Estuary, 80 miles along the Humber riverbank, 29 miles of River Hull, 20 miles of River Trent, and 15 miles of the River Ouse. But it doesn’t stop there…

UK Territorial Waters extend our patch to 12 nautical miles from the coast, meaning our jurisdiction increases by a huge 732 square miles.

That, on top of the 1357 square miles of land, and it’s safe to say we have a big area to police and makes Humberside Police almost 39% water!

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