Norwalk Marine Police Patrol Waters For Drunken Boaters

NORWALK, Conn. – The Norwalk Police Department’s Marine Unit is joining a federal and state effort to rid the area’s waterways of drunken boaters.

Members of the Norwalk Police Marine Unit will patrol area waterways this weekend for boaters under the influence of alcohol.
Photo Credit: *Nancy Guenther Chapman, File*

by Alfred Branch

07/03/2013 5:00 a.m.

Called “Operation Dry Water,” the department will have officers patrolling the Norwalk Harbor and Norwalk River specifically on the lookout for boaters under the influence Saturday and Sunday.

Officers were in the harbor area this past weekend on a similar detail. No arrests were made.

Alcohol is the leading contributor in boating accidents and drowning, according to police.

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