USCG Recreational Boating Incident Reporting Policy Letter & BARD Updates Nov. 7, 2023
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.