Today, OPD will ask for authorization to accept a 325k "Port Security Grant" from DHS that requires City to match 108k to accept. Its for a new patrol boat. OPD already has 2-3 boats, a tactical Catamaran and [possibly 2?] standard patrol boat from Almar, pictured below #oakmtg 
OPD says it needs a new boat because its "other" Almar vessel lacks shallow water capability. Last year, OPD got same grant for new engines for its catamaran, a boat OPD acquired in 2011 but don't mention now. At that time, OPD boasted of its cabin & shallow water capacity ,too
The 2006 Almar purchase was for two 29 ft Almars if this 2009 report is accurate. If the City still has two Almar's and one Cat, then it currently has three boats.
That means OPD would be going for a fourth boat. When OPD purchased the Alamars in 2006 with a Port grant, they offered to sell their current boat at the time to fund maintenance, a possibility they don't mention that possibility here in reference to selling the Almars.
Despite going for a four boat trifecta, OPD has trouble in the report rationale describing anything it uses its current boats for. Hovering around the Princess cruise ship of lost souls that briefly docked at the Port in March is the only specific use they could come up with
We do know that OPD often harasses people docked out in the estuary, but normatively, they don't even remove the boats. ALCO Sheriff does that with their fleet of boats. ktvu.com/news/boat-owne…
The Zodiac 900 SRA the City wants to buy
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