DATE: November 4, 2009 12:17:55 PM EST

US COAST GUARD

News Release

Date:
Nov. 4, 2009

Contact:
Lt. John Savarese

843-514-3598

***Media availability*** Coast Guard conducting new boat-tactics training

 

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Coast Guard Sector Charleston personnel are hosting a five-day pilot program of the approved Exclusionary Zone Enforcement Course at Sector Charleston's Federal Law Enforcement Training Center through Friday.

Coast Guard Sector Charleston personnel, in partnership with federal, state and local marine law-enforcement agencies, are working to help standardize the interoperability of marine law-enforcement response while enforcing a port security zone declared by the Captain of the Port.

For more information about the Coast Guard's Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, visit http://www.fletc.gov/.

Note: Media interested in attending the training and getting underway are requested to arrive at Remley's Point Boat Ramp in Mount Pleasant, S.C., Thursday no later than 1:30 p.m. For more information please contact Lt. John Savarese at 843-514-3598.

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