Crime & Safety
Boating Safety To Be Focus Of Sheriff, Wildlife Officers On July 4
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are conducting Operation Dry Water.
PINELLAS COUNTY - The Pinellas County Sheriff's Marine Unit and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are partnering to conduct Operation Dry Water over the holiday weekend.
Operation Dry Water, launched in 2009 by the National Association of Boating Law Administrators in partnership with the United States Coast Guard, has been a successful effort to draw public attention to the hazards of boating under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
Operation Dry Water is a national campaign of BUI detection and enforcement aimed at reducing the number of alcohol and drug-related accidents and fatalities and deterring the use of drugs and alcohol while operating a boat.
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Deputies will begin the BUI operation on Saturday, July 2, at 10 a.m. and continue through midnight.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office will be on the lookout for speeding boaters, aggressive boating and impaired boat operations.
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