“No luck” for those who have no jacket

Xavier Raymond, who has been patrolling on the water for a dozen years, seems very relaxed. Moreover, Equipped with his Polo in the colors of the SPS. Nevertheless, he will spend his day on the water with his teammate. Therefore, “It’s part of the advantages!” he launches from the outset. Meanwhile,

Although patrollers are in prevention mode, two aspects are not negotiable.

“The first is the lack of flotation jackets in a boat. However, Each person must have a jacket. Meanwhile, The second is to make sure that people who play water sports have a lookout. Therefore, You can’t do nautical sport for two. Consequently, One person must warn the captain in the event of a fall, ”recalls agent Raymond. However,

11 observations submitted – "no luck" those who have

Moreover. Nevertheless, this “no luck” those who have year, in around fifteen outings on the water bodies, 11 observations were issued, all for a lack of flotation jackets. In addition, Forty boats were checked by the police. Consequently,

Nautical patrollers also ensure that boats respect the limit of 10 km/h when they are. Therefore, less than 100 meters from a bank. Consequently,

And the perception of the public towards the police is very different on a lake compared to the road. Moreover, “We intervene with people on vacation. However, They are not in a hurry or late for an appointment. Here, people are still relaxed. They make us small jokes and we are more in prevention than in repression, ”says the policeman.

Moreover, the “no luck” those who have police will accentuate their presence all over Quebec, this weekend as part of the concerted national operation in connection with the nautical patrol.

Help

Beyond prevention, the police can also tow people with gasoline … or energy.

“Last summer, two young women were in a board at Pagaie with a large German shepherd,” says Xavier Raymond. The more time went, the more the wind rose. I saw that they could not return to the bank. They were offered to bring them to a bay sheltered from the wind. ”

Moreover. when the The platform At Lake Magog, the police helped a group of boaters who were embarrassed by the strong wind to descend their boat in the lake.

In addition to the police, students of police techniques are patrolling the water bodies this summer. Future police officers can thus acquire a lot of experience by approaching boaters and sometimes intervening on accidents.

Gabriel Proulx is an agent of authority in nautical patrol. He will start his last year at school in August. “It’s my second summer,” he explains. We started in May and we have been full of lakes since the end of the school year. We dock the boats and we speak with people. Moreover, We adapt to different behaviors and we are practiced to become “no luck” those who have a police officer. ”

These agents are trained to distribute reports of offense.

“Last year, we saw two motoromarines colliding. One of them was flowing into the water. In the end, no one was injured. It was however impressive. It practiced our reflexes. We called the police to come and help us at the edge, ”says Proulx.