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Posted by Hidden away on May 25, 2007, 12:55 pm, in reply to "Re: FWC endangers boaters" --Previous Message--
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Thought not lots of people talk but no one wants to stick their neck out. Guess we'll just have to go with Marco.....
: I agree with you whole heartedly and would
: like you to know that I have bnegun working
: very closely with my contacts at the ACLU
: from my DC days and am presently trying to
: get a young hot shot to take a test
: case.....Yup that is what I said...we need a
: test case.....someone who has been harmed in
: a real way and iron clad evidence who wants
: to put up with about five years of torture
: in the interests of defining and limiting
: what the Fish and Wildlife Commission can do
: and not do on the water.....Any
: takers...contact me through the message
: board and leave an email address and will
: contact you privately and meet and well you
: know.....By the way the FWC monitors this
: particular message board very closely....I
: have evidence of that too.
: --Previous Message--
: Ersently the USCG issued a Pan Pan:
: Pan Pan, Pan Pan "Someone has reported
: seeing two (2) red flares in the area of
: Barnes Sound"
:
: Due to how the FWC responded, the following
: complaint was filed with FWC as well as
: sending copies to Monroe County's State Rep
: and Senator, the Gov. office and South
: Winds:
: Please, something must be done. First let me
: state when it comes to Florida Fish and
: Wildlife Officers (FWC), I have been one to
: defend their actions be it in Boot Key
: Harbor or elsewhere in Florida.
:
: Now, that being said, I can no longer defend
: their actions.
:
: On May 7, 2007 at approximately 10:10 PM we
: had an FWC vessel enter the harbor near the
: Jew Fish Creek bridge where about 15 to 20
: boats are at anchor.
:
: The FWC vessel did not come off plane until
: haft way through the rows of vessels, They
: (FWC) should have done so before entering
: the harbor. Their actions were careless
: and reckless, as I was thrown down my
: companionway from their wake.
:
: You do not endanger other lives when
: responding to a call. According to their
: own (and USCG)regulations it is illegal to
: operate a vessel at a rate of speed or in a
: manner that endangers life or property of
: any person. Even when responding to a call.
:
: I must add, this is not the first time, as
: it has been a common practice for the FWC to
: enter the harbor in this manner be they on a
: call or not on a call.
:
: Shortly (5 minutes) after this, the Coast
: Guard also came through the harbor. The
: Coast Guard (unlike FWC) slowed before
: passing the rows of vessels and had their
: blue emergency lights flashing. FWC used
: neither lights or siren.
:
: I contacted the Lieutenant (FWC) on duty
: (that night) to register a complaint
: regarding the reckless actions of his
: officers. The Lieutenant stated “I
: authorized them to do that” Needless to
: say I was angry and raised my voice. I mean
: how would you feel if you or your child had
: just been thrown down a companionway by a
: reckless boater.
:
: And I wonder, did the Lieutenant authorize
: his officers to go bow up through the harbor
: when they returned from their mission,
: because that is exactly what they did.
:
: Next I contacted the Coast Guard (whose
: vessel entered the harbor properly), and
: told them what FWC did and I also thanked
: them for their appropriate actions.
:
: If FWC Officers do not understand how their
: speed (coming off or going on plane) or how
: their hull displaces water then they don’t
: need to be on the water. If they do
: understand and disregard it , they should
: not be FWC Officers.
:
: Now will any corrective action be taken due
: to this complaint and letters? I won't hold
: my breath. Strange how the USCG can act
: correctly on their own call but FWC can not.
:
: Note: the Pan Pan was still being issued
: after the USCG and FWC returned. They had
: found nothing.
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