PHOTO RELEASE: U.S., Canadian officials announce integrated cross-border maritime law enforcement program

The Honorable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, Canada, addresses members of the media alongside Rear Adm. Keith Taylor, commander of the 13^th Coast Guard District and Russ Hiebert, Member of Parliament of South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale and U.S. and Canadian law enforcement officers during a news conference announcing integrated cross-border maritime law enforcement operations – known as Shiprider, held in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada, Oct. 12, 2012. 

Regularized Shiprider operations respect the sovereignty of both Canada and the United States and are based on the principles of shared border management, effective law enforcement, appropriate and measured information sharing, and robust privacy protection.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2^nd Class George Degener.
 

Rear Admiral Keith Taylor, commander of the 13^th Coast Guard District, alongside U.S. and Canadian governmental officials and law enforcement officers, addresses members of the media at a news conference held at the White Rock Museum and Archives in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada, Oct. 12, 2012.

U.S. and Canadian officials announced that the Vancouver/Blaine, Wash., area will be home to one of the first regularized locations of the integrated cross-border maritime law enforcement operations known as Shiprider.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2^nd Class George Degener.
 

Rear Admiral Keith Taylor, commander of the 13^th Coast Guard District, walks with Assistant Commissioner Todd Shean, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and U.S. Consul General Anne Callaghan toward U.S. and Canadian law enforcement assets at the end of the White Rock Pier in White Rock, British Columbia after a new conference discussing integrated cross-border maritime law enforcement operations known as Shiprider, Oct. 12, 2012.

Shiprider involves vessels jointly crewed by specially trained and designated U.S. and Canadian law enforcement officers.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2^nd Class George Degener.
 

Rear Adm. Keith Taylor (center, right), commander of the 13^th Coast Guard District, and Assistant Commissioner Todd Shean (center, left), Royal Canadian Mounted Police, stand with U.S. Coast Guard and RCMP law enforcement officers that have been specially trained and designated to conduct cross-border maritime law enforcement operations, on the White Rock Pier in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada, Oct. 12, 2012.

Taylor, Shean and other U.S. and Canadian government and law enforcement officials announced that the Vancouver/Blaine, Wash., area will be home to one of the first regularized locations of the integrated cross-border maritime law enforcement operations known as Shiprider.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2^nd Class George Degener.