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The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s
Office provides marine safety
enforcement on the many bodies of water
within our jurisdiction. The division is
part-time, which operates from mid April
until September of each year. Deputies
are part-time marine certified who
normally work weekends and various
weeknights enforcing the waterway laws
of the State of Michigan. The division
is funded by the Michigan Department of
Natural Resources and, on occasion, they
will provide for the purchase of much
needed boats and related equipment for
the proper enforcement. In 2008, we put
into service a newly purchased boat
funded by the Department of Natural
Resources.
The Division is staffed by a commander, Captain Richard
Winder, and five part-time officers who
totaled nearly 1,200 hours on the water
and in the classroom during marine
season 2008. The Marine Deputies are
deputized and fully empowered to make
arrests for drunk driving, operating
under the influence of drugs and
reckless driving, all in an attempt to
keep our waterways a safe place for
families to have fun, absent dangerous
vessel operators. Deputies are also
charged with enforcing the navigation
laws, including proper flotation
devices, proper vessel operation,
lighting, emergency equipment and state
certified drivers.
The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office also provides
free boater safety training classes and
certifies students upon successfully
completing the class and test. Each year
our office trains 200-300 students from
all over the state as well as students
from nearby portions of Ohio and
Indiana. This is a service provided to
the public at no cost for tuition or
certification. The training locations
are usually in the central location of
the county, within the City of
Hillsdale, but classes are occasionally
held in both the northern and southern regions of the county to
accommodate the many residential
developments surrounding area lakes and
those attending from out of the area.
Classes are always posted in advance in
the training section and are also
broadcast on WCSR.
Boating accidents remain a concern to this division and
as such, the deputies are constantly
striving to reduce boating accidents by
strictly enforcing the navigation laws
of Michigan. Such enforcement is geared
toward compliance with the end result of
safe waterways.
The Marine Patrol Division is under the command of Captain Richard Winder.
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IN AN EMERGENCY
DIAL 911
FOR NON-EMERGENCY CALLS
(517) 437-7317
FAX (517) 437-0822
HILLSDALE COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
165 W. FAYETTE STREET
HILLSDALE, MI 49242
(800) 437-7317 |
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