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Define Authority - ANS ✔✔Governments legal power to act
Describe the 5 fundamentals of USCG Authority? - ANS ✔✔1. MLE (maritime law enforcement)
2. Customs
3. Ports, waterways and coastal security
4. Assistance
5. CGIS
Define 14 USC 522 - ANS ✔✔The Coast Guard may make inquiries, examinations, inspections,
searches, seizures, and arrests upon the high seas and waters over which the United States has
jurisdiction, for the prevention, detection, and suppression of violations of laws of the United
States. For such purposes, commissioned, warrant, and petty officers may at any time go on
board of any vessel subject to the jurisdiction, or to the operation of any law, of the United
States, address inquiries to those on board, examine the ship's documents and papers, and
examine, inspect, and search the vessel and use all necessary force to compel compliance.
Define 14 USC 102 - ANS ✔✔The Coast Guard shall enforce or assist in the enforcement of all
applicable Federal laws on, under and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction
of the United States
Define 14 USC 701 - ANS ✔✔federal, state, and local agencies can request Coast Guard LE
assistance when Coast Guard facilities and persons are especially qualified to perform a
particular activity.
Define 14 USC 703 - ANS ✔✔Coast Guard petty officers, warrant officers, and commissioned
officers are also customs officers. Congress granted customs officer's general LE authority,
including authority to:
,1. Carry a firearm;
2. Execute and serve any order, warrant, subpoena, summons, or other process issued under
the authority of the United States;
3. Make an arrest without a warrant for any offense against the United States committed in
the officer's presence
4. Perform any other law enforcement duty that the secretary of department of homeland
security may designate
Explain the purpose of a boarding to the public - ANS ✔✔To insure and enforce the vessel is
meeting proper laws and safety
define jurisdiction - ANS ✔✔The governments right to exercise legal authority over its persons,
vessel and territory with the context of the maritime law enforcement
Jurisdictional map - ANS ✔✔1.Territorial seas: baseline to 12NM : customs laws
2.Exclusive economic zone (EEZ) : (12NM-200NM) outer limit of territorial seas to a distance of
200nm from baseline
3.International waters: (12NM-Foreign territorial sea) includes all waters seaward of the
territorial sea including EEZ, high seas and contiguous zone
4.High Seas: for international purposes are those waters seaward of the EEZ. When a nation
5.contiguous zone: (12NM-24NM) is for international law purposes
6.Foreign territorial seas: up to a maximum distance of 12NM from baseline
Explain what laws are enforced in each zone - ANS ✔✔- Internal waters and Territorial seas:
customs and pwcs
-contiguous zone: Fiscal, Immigration, sanitation and customs
EEZ: natural resources
High seas: Piracy, illegal brodcast, slavery
, Identify jurisdictional exceptions - ANS ✔✔1. Force Majeure: A vessel forced into coast state
waters by virtue or distress. Whether brought by nature or man-made causes is generally not
subject to coastal state jurisdiction for reasonable time necessary to remedy such distress
2. Transit passage: is the right of non-interference for a vessel or aircraft transiting through a
foreign territorial sea that compromises an international strait used for navigation between
areas of international waters
3. Peace of the port: the U.S may choose to refrain from asserting its jurisdiction over foreign
flag vessels in territorial sea and international waters. Leaving control of the matter to the
vessels flag statue
4. Innocent passage: is the right of non-interference for a vessel transiting inbound, outbound
or through a foreign territorial sea. For a vessel to enjoy this right it must be engaged in passage
that is innocent
Describe different types of vessels - ANS ✔✔Recreational, commercial, warship, government
owned
What is the reason to board a vessel - ANS ✔✔Any vessel suspected of not following safety
regulations and suspected of criminal activity. Any vessel we have authority and jurisdiction
over
Identify the limitations of a consensual boarding - ANS ✔✔Limited to the scope of the masters
consent, if at anytime during the boarding the master withdraws consent the boarding cannot
proceed
Describe missions/deployments/operations that our unit conducts and how that applies to the
CG Authority and jurisdiction - ANS ✔✔-security zones & escorts
-safety boarding
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Define Authority - ANS ✔✔Governments legal power to act
Describe the 5 fundamentals of USCG Authority? - ANS ✔✔1. MLE (maritime law enforcement)
2. Customs
3. Ports, waterways and coastal security
4. Assistance
5. CGIS
Define 14 USC 522 - ANS ✔✔The Coast Guard may make inquiries, examinations, inspections,
searches, seizures, and arrests upon the high seas and waters over which the United States has
jurisdiction, for the prevention, detection, and suppression of violations of laws of the United
States. For such purposes, commissioned, warrant, and petty officers may at any time go on
board of any vessel subject to the jurisdiction, or to the operation of any law, of the United
States, address inquiries to those on board, examine the ship's documents and papers, and
examine, inspect, and search the vessel and use all necessary force to compel compliance.
Define 14 USC 102 - ANS ✔✔The Coast Guard shall enforce or assist in the enforcement of all
applicable Federal laws on, under and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction
of the United States
Define 14 USC 701 - ANS ✔✔federal, state, and local agencies can request Coast Guard LE
assistance when Coast Guard facilities and persons are especially qualified to perform a
particular activity.
Define 14 USC 703 - ANS ✔✔Coast Guard petty officers, warrant officers, and commissioned
officers are also customs officers. Congress granted customs officer's general LE authority,
including authority to:
,1. Carry a firearm;
2. Execute and serve any order, warrant, subpoena, summons, or other process issued under
the authority of the United States;
3. Make an arrest without a warrant for any offense against the United States committed in
the officer's presence
4. Perform any other law enforcement duty that the secretary of department of homeland
security may designate
Explain the purpose of a boarding to the public - ANS ✔✔To insure and enforce the vessel is
meeting proper laws and safety
define jurisdiction - ANS ✔✔The governments right to exercise legal authority over its persons,
vessel and territory with the context of the maritime law enforcement
Jurisdictional map - ANS ✔✔1.Territorial seas: baseline to 12NM : customs laws
2.Exclusive economic zone (EEZ) : (12NM-200NM) outer limit of territorial seas to a distance of
200nm from baseline
3.International waters: (12NM-Foreign territorial sea) includes all waters seaward of the
territorial sea including EEZ, high seas and contiguous zone
4.High Seas: for international purposes are those waters seaward of the EEZ. When a nation
5.contiguous zone: (12NM-24NM) is for international law purposes
6.Foreign territorial seas: up to a maximum distance of 12NM from baseline
Explain what laws are enforced in each zone - ANS ✔✔- Internal waters and Territorial seas:
customs and pwcs
-contiguous zone: Fiscal, Immigration, sanitation and customs
EEZ: natural resources
High seas: Piracy, illegal brodcast, slavery
, Identify jurisdictional exceptions - ANS ✔✔1. Force Majeure: A vessel forced into coast state
waters by virtue or distress. Whether brought by nature or man-made causes is generally not
subject to coastal state jurisdiction for reasonable time necessary to remedy such distress
2. Transit passage: is the right of non-interference for a vessel or aircraft transiting through a
foreign territorial sea that compromises an international strait used for navigation between
areas of international waters
3. Peace of the port: the U.S may choose to refrain from asserting its jurisdiction over foreign
flag vessels in territorial sea and international waters. Leaving control of the matter to the
vessels flag statue
4. Innocent passage: is the right of non-interference for a vessel transiting inbound, outbound
or through a foreign territorial sea. For a vessel to enjoy this right it must be engaged in passage
that is innocent
Describe different types of vessels - ANS ✔✔Recreational, commercial, warship, government
owned
What is the reason to board a vessel - ANS ✔✔Any vessel suspected of not following safety
regulations and suspected of criminal activity. Any vessel we have authority and jurisdiction
over
Identify the limitations of a consensual boarding - ANS ✔✔Limited to the scope of the masters
consent, if at anytime during the boarding the master withdraws consent the boarding cannot
proceed
Describe missions/deployments/operations that our unit conducts and how that applies to the
CG Authority and jurisdiction - ANS ✔✔-security zones & escorts
-safety boarding
