The "'Tactical Law Enforcement Badge "'is a military badge of the United States Coast Guard which is presented to Boarding Officers who complete the USCG Basic Tactical Operations Course and are attached as Tactical Operators to specific DSF units ( MSRT, TACLET, MSST ) for at least two years.
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In 2006, the U . S . Coast Guard's Ninth District and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police began a program called " Shiprider ", in which a 12 Mounties from the RCMP detachment at Windsor and 16 Coast Guard boarding officers from stations in Michigan ride in each other's vessels.
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"Dutchy ", as he is known as by the crew, is a veteran of the Gulf War and was awarded the Medal for Gallantry ( MG ) after a boarding party incident, which ended with his Boarding Officer killed, which explains his protective behavior towards Lieutenant Kate McGregor, HMAS Hammersley's XO and Dutchy's new boarding officer.
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At 12 : 00 the boarding officer reported that he was all right and requested the " Seneca " to go ahead and he would follow with " Tomoka " . " Seneca " shaped a course for the Ambrose Channel lightship, but by 12 : 30 " Tomoka " had still not started to follow.
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"Dutchy ", as he is known as by the crew, is a veteran of the Gulf War and was awarded the Medal for Gallantry ( MG ) after a boarding party incident, which ended with his Boarding Officer killed, which explains his protective behavior towards Lieutenant Kate McGregor, HMAS Hammersley's XO and Dutchy's new boarding officer.
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His apparent dislike for her is a constant source of confusion for her, and it isn't until the pair are held captive by a rogue policeman ( episode nine'Dutch Courage') that he admits he was scared he would fail to protect her and she would be injured or worse, like his boarding officer in the Gulf War.
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A number of other courts have held that Coast Guard boarding officers are qualified under LEOSA . In " People against Benjamin L . Booth, Jr . ", Indictment No . 2007-940 ( 2007 ), a county court in Orange County, New York, dismissed a criminal charge against Booth, an off-duty member of the Coast Guard, who had been arrested for carrying a loaded handgun in a vehicle.
