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    USCG Recreational Boating Incident Reporting Policy Letter & BARD Updates

    The webinar briefly covers major changes contained in the updated policy letter; previews products and guidance ERAC will be rolling out to states for use by officers/investigators, incident report reviewers and data entry personnel; and addresses the policy's significant impacts on BARD and its related processes and forms. An example of a state's update (Pennsylvania) is shared. 

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    USCG Recreational Boating Incident Reporting Policy Letter & BARD Updates

    The webinar briefly covers major changes contained in the updated policy letter; previews products and guidance ERAC will be rolling out to states for use by officers/investigators, incident report reviewers and data entry personnel; and addresses the policy's significant impacts on BARD and its related processes and forms. An example of a state's update (Pennsylvania) is shared. 

    Tammy Terry

    Natural Resources Law Enforcement Program Administrator

    Ohio DNR, Div. of Parks and Watercraft, Law Enforcement Section

    2024 Chair, NASBLA Engineering, Reporting & Analysis Committee

    Susan Weber

    Statistician

    U.S. Coast Guard Office of Auxiliary & Boating Safety

    Susan Weber is a statistician with the U.S. Coast Guard Office of Auxiliary and Boating Safety. Susan manages the national data collection of recreational boating incident reports from state agencies to produce and publish an annual 80-page statistics report. 

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    Paddlesports Committee Report Video

    Paddlesports Committee Report Video

    Annie Grenier

    Education Coordinator

    Alaska Office of Boating Safety

    Annie Grenier has worked for the Alaska Office of Boating Safety for nine years and has been the Education Coordinator of the program for three years. Annie has a Master’s of Science in Outdoor and Environmental Education with a focus in curriculum design. The virtual boating safety course she implemented in the early months of the COVID 19 pandemic is still being used today due to its popularity in Alaska. Annie’s education philosophy is the student should be an active participant in the learning process, and she strives to continue instructing with that belief through virtual education.

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    An informational overview designed for people to learn about the Seated Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs).

    An informational overview designed for people learn about the Seated Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs). The video is perfect for traffic safety resource prosecutors (TSRPs), administrators, prosecutors, drug recognition experts (DREs) / SFST coordinators, and field officers who are looking for accurate information on tools that will help them in their boating under the influence (BUI) or driving under the influence (DUI) investigations when a relatively flat, smooth, level surface is not available.

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    A new program for boaters to assist the Coast Guard, local sheriff marine units and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Aqua Alert would provide authorities with volunteers for those unique situations when extra “eyes on the water” would help during a lost at sea search.

    Get the drift on a new program for boaters to assist the Coast Guard, local sheriff marine units and the Fish and Wildlife Commission. Aqua Alert would provide authorities with volunteers for those unique situations when extra “eyes on the water” would help during a lost at sea search. The inspiration, the newly activated Aqua Alert Pilot Program and the nation-wide vision will be featured in this power point presentation. Updates on Aqua Alert Act legislation included.Bringing additional hope to water searches, these volunteers could be the answer to prayers!

    Judy Schink

    Originator

    Aqua Alert Program

    Get the drift on a new program for boaters to assist the Coast Guard, local sheriff marine units and the Fish and Wildlife Commission. Aqua Alert would provide authorities with volunteers for those unique situations when extra “eyes on the water” would help during a lost at sea search. The inspiration, the newly activated Aqua Alert Pilot Program and the nation-wide vision will be featured in this powerpoint presentation. Updates on Aqua Alert Act legislation included.Bringing additional hope to water searches, these volunteers could be the answer to prayers!

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    Learn and discuss the common discrepancies identified by the Coast Guard during RBS compliance reviews, including Certificates of Number, fees associated with Certificates of Number, HIN verification processes, and state-assigned HIN issues.

    Learn and discuss the common discrepancies identified by the Coast Guard during RBS compliance reviews, including Certificates of Number, fees associated with Certificates of Number, HIN verification processes, and state-assigned HIN issues.

    Kristin Williams

    Recreational Boating Safety Specialist

    USCG Boating Safety Division

    Retiring from the Coast Guard after 20 years, Kristin Williams spent the majority of her active duty investigating pollution incidents and marine casualties. As a pollution Investigator, she was responsible for managing large, federally funded multi-agency pollution responses. As Marine Casualty Investigator, she responded to, investigated and prosecuted mariners involved in marine incidents.  

    Upon retirement from active duty, Kristin transitioned to civilian life and worked in the Coast Guard Office of Investigations and Analysis as a MISLE data analyst. In 2017, she transferred to her current job in the Office of Boating Safety where she manages 26 states, multiple non-profit grants, and represents the office on various committees and organizations such as NASBLA VIRT Committee, CRLEA, WBSAA, and IAMI to foster continued improvement of boating safety policies.  

    April Hughes

    Watercraft Administrator

    Arizona Game and Fish Department

    April Hughes started her career in 1999 for the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) as a part-time Data Entry Clerk in the fishing and hunting license section. She was soon promoted to the full-time front counter Customer Service Representative at Headquarters. Since then, April has continued to work her way up within the agency and currently serves as the Watercraft Section Administrator.

     In addition to this, April has been a vital member of the NASBLA Vessel, Identification, Registration & Titling (VIRT) Committee since 2012 and is now the longest serving state member on the VIRT Committee. 

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    Results from the new televised life jacket wear campaign plus results from nine other projects with goals from everything such as reducing BUI, to enlisting the boating trade for RBS, to the national public relations campaign, which last year received 601 million gross media impressions. nearly 10 times its original goal of 65 million.

    Results from the new televised life jacket wear campaign plus results from nine other projects with goals from everything such as reducing BUI, to enlisting the boating trade for RBS, to the national public relations campaign, which last year received 601 million gross media impressions. nearly 10 times its original goal of 65 million.

    Jim Emmons

    Executive Director

    Water Sports Foundation

    Jim Emmons is executive director of the non-profit Water Sports Foundation (WSF) and is a lifelong recreational boating safety advocate and enthusiast. 

    Since 2011, the WSF has orchestrated a series of 41 highly-effective recreational boating safety consumer outreach campaigns worth $9.5 while delivering more than 1.5 billion, laser-targeted boater and paddler safety impressions. 

    The projects include custom production of more than 225 boating safety PSAs with the most recent receiving more than 93,000 YouTube views in just four days. The WSF also spearheaded outreach efforts targeting newcomers to boating including Hispanic boaters and the at-risk paddle sports segment. 

    The Water Sports Foundation earned multiple recognitions including NASBLA’s Innovation in Outreach award, numerous first-place honors in the IBWSS Communication Awards. 

    The WSF’s outreach campaigns have also earned top national awards in cooperation with its producers and partners from Marine Marketers of America and the Sea Tow Foundation, which both honored the WSF’s national public relations campaign with the 2021 Top Marine Marketing and Boating Safety Outreach Award for the public relations category. 

    Emmons served two terms on the Coast Guard’s National Boating Safety Advisory Council, most recently as chairman. He also serves on NASBLA’s Paddlesports Committee. Prior to his current post, Emmons served 12 years as president of the Water Sports Industry Association and as the publisher of two boating magazines.

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    A session about the history and justification for the development of NASBLA’s newest course, Waterborne Armed Threat and Emergency Response (WATER), developed by Texas Parks and Wildlife. The course answers the training needs of officers on the water confronted by an unexpected armed threat. Speakers discuss the development, the appointment of the focus group that conducted a full assessment, and editing the course content for final release and consumption.

    A session about the history and justification for the development of NASBLA’s newest course, Waterborne Armed Threat and Emergency Response (WATER), developed by Texas Parks and Wildlife.  The course answers the training needs of officers on the water confronted by an unexpected armed threat. Speakers discuss the development, the appointment of the focus group that conducted a full assessment, and editing the course content for final release and consumption.

    Will Plumas

    Special Operations Program Manager

    NASBLA

    Will began his career with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department on October 1, 1992, as a cadet in the 43rd Game Warden Training Academy in Austin Texas. After completing the academy, he was stationed in the Rio Grande Valley, where he spent the next 26 years. During his tenure stationed in deep South Texas, he was awarded several citations for his work in Border Security along the Rio Grande River and the Gulf of Mexico.

    With the creation of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) full-time Marine Tactical Operation Group (MTOG) in 2012, he was tasked with the important role of contributing to the development of the team and became one of its charter members. Will retired from TPWD in 2018 but continues to instruct boat courses and is an active member of the NASBLA Team. He currently serves as NASBLA’s Special Operations Program Manager within the Boat Operations and Training (BOAT) Program which involves overseeing the Airboat Operators Course (AOC) and the Waterborne Armed Threat Emergency Response Course (WATER) nationwide. Will also serves as a Lead Instructor in both the Tactical and Response Programs.

    Carmen Rickel

    Texas Game Warden

    Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

    Prior to being a Texas Game Warden,Carmen Rickel worked for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Parole Division as a Parole Officer.  

    Carmen has been a Texas Game Warden for 10 years.After graduation from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Academy, she was stationed in South Texas on the United States/Mexico Border.

    Warden Rickel has dedicated her career toMarine Enforcement, more specifically Coastal Fisheries,Commercial Fisheries, and Port Security enforcement.  

    Carmen was selected as a full-time member of Texas Parks and Wildlife-Special Operations, Marine Tactical Operation Group (MTOG)which focuses on the waterways from the Rio Grande River to the Gulf of Mexico out to 200 nautical miles. During her time with MTOG she worked closely with her partners to fulfill the team’s mission of Commercial Fisheries Enforcement, Homeland Security/Border Security, and Port Security on Texas Parks and Wildlife 65’ and 80’ patrol vessels, while other duties included patrol of Texas Flower Garden Sanctuary for federal violations, and interdiction of illegal Mexican Commercial fisherman as well as conducting homeland security and US-Mexico human smuggling operations. 

    She is a graduate of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, where she successfully completed the Marine Law Enforcement Training Program in Georgia.

    Carmen assists in teaching Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Wardens at the Texas Game Warden training center and is also certified to teach for the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators(NASBLA) in the following courses, Officer Water Survival Course,Pursuit and Stop Course,Tactical Operators Course,Boat Operations Search and Rescue, Small Vessel Radiation and Nuclear Detection.

    Most recently, Carmen was selected as the Chairman of NASBLA’s Boat Operations and Training (BOAT) Advisory Board.

    As of January 2022, Carmen was recently promoted as the new Lieutenant of Fisheries Enforcement and currently work sat Austin Headquarters.

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    The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Law Enforcement Division is committed to safety by providing the necessary skills, abilities, and knowledge to prevent personal injuries and damage or loss of state property. In 2021, TPWD implemented mandatory training for officers using paddlecraft for patrol purposes. The course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to patrol using a human powered vessel including paddle strokes and maneuvers, technical gear knowledge, environment, patrol considerations and rescues.

    The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Law Enforcement Division is committed to safety by providing the necessary skills, abilities, and knowledge to prevent personal injuries and damage or loss of state property. In 2021, TPWD implemented mandatory training for officers using paddlecraft for patrol purposes. The course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to patrol using a human powered vessel including paddle strokes and maneuvers, technical gear knowledge, environment, patrol considerations and rescues.

    Kimberly Sorensen

    Boater Education Manager

    Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

    Kimberly Sorensen joined the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Law Enforcement Division as the Boater Education Manager in January 2021.

    Kimberly brings a wealth of knowledge of water safety, paddlesports safety, and boating safety to her role as Boating Education Manager. She is a graduate of the NASBLA Leadership Academy and serves on the NASBLA Education and Outreach committee. She is an American Canoe Association certified instructor trainer for SUP and Kayaking, an American Red Cross Lifeguard instructor, and an avid boater. Over the last twelve years, she has worked with local non-profits focused on drowning prevention and paddle sport educators to ensure proper skills and safety on and around the water. Working with her media team Kimberly created Texas Parks and Wildlife Boating and Water Safety Facebook and Instagram social media pages reaching more than 40,000 people during water safety month. The social media pages include weekly boating tips and safety messages. She shares many posts from partner organizations on the pages. In 2021 she partnered with Oncor Energy to fund education materials reminding boaters that water and electricity don’t mix. This partnership resulted in 40 new boat ramp safety signs and boater education materials that include information on safe boating around power lines and marinas. Working with the Game Warden Academy Kimberly created a Paddle Patrol course teaching officer’s safety and rescue skills and technical knowledge around paddling and using paddlecraft to patrol.

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    During this session, WSIA Director of Government Affairs, Lee Gatts, presents the "Wake Responsibly" curriculum and presentation materials, while engaging with session attendees for feedback and discussion on how to perfect the curriculum to the needs that law enforcement agencies identify in their respective states. The session also includes a walkthrough of the WSIA Wake Responsibly toolkit provided at no cost to Law Enforcement Agencies throughout the United States to utilize when educating boaters in their local communities.

    The WSIA and boating industry at large is committed to educating new and experienced boaters on how to be safe and responsible operators on the water. In 2022, the WSIA will produce over 30 "Wake Responsibly" education seminars, dedicated to teaching best practices to boaters engaging in towed water sports. 

    During this session, WSIA Director of Government Affairs, Lee Gatts, presents the "Wake Responsibly" curriculum and presentation materials, while engaging with session attendees for feedback and discussion on how to perfect the curriculum to the needs that law enforcement agencies identify in their respective states. The session also includes a walkthrough of the WSIA Wake Responsibly toolkit provided at no cost to Law Enforcement Agencies throughout the United States to utilize when educating boaters in their local communities.

    Lee Gatts

    Director of Government Affairs

    Water Sports Industry Association

    Lee Gatts is the Director of Government Affairs for the Water Sports Industry Association (WSIA). In this role, Gatts leads WSIA’s advocacy and grassroots activities throughout the United States by developing best practices, maintaining waterway access rights, educating participants, promoting safety, and facilitating sustainable industry growth. 

    Prior to joining WSIA, Gatts served as Manager of Policy & Engagement for the National Marine Manufacturers Association, covering 15 states in the southern region. During his time at NMMA, Lee was instrumental in building out the regional advocacy apparatus. He expanded member engagement throughout the Southern United States by facilitating on-site visits with members of Congress, state legislators, and local elected officials while protecting the boating industry from harmful legislation and advancing policies that supported boat & engine manufacturers, marine dealers, and accessory/component manufacturers alike.