Security Afloat 2025
Poole Harbour Watch, Dorset Police and Poole Harbour Commissioners
are pleased to invite you to the FREE Security Afloat 2025.
Wednesday 26th February 2025 1800hrs – 2100hrs
North Lounge of the Poole Ferry Passenger Terminal, BH15 4AJ
Free tickets obtainable from Ticket Source page below
All boat owners need to protect their boats and marine items by any means they can. The
Security Afloat event will give them the knowledge of how to protect their boats and what
is on the market.
Dorset Police cadets will assist and register all guests
1800 – 1830 guests can visit the Exhibition stands.
1830 – 1930 time to hear the speakers
Welcome from Jacky Hardy, Poole Harbour Watch Chair
Police Crime Commissioner David Sidwick
Marine Police officer NPT (Neighbourhood Policing Team) for Dorset
Poole Harbour Commission Harbourmaster Harry Gregory
Datatag – Miles Taylor
Seatronix – Dominic
1930 – 2045 guests can revisit the Exhibition stands
RNLI Water Safety Advisers – bring your lifejackets along for advice by the RNLI
SIFCA Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority
Quay West Chandlery
Seatronix Poole Marine tracking solutions
Howden Insurance
Selectamark – Marine security kit
Datatag – Marine security system
The Maritime Volunteer Service
Dorset Harbour Port Watch
Dorset Marine Training
Victim Support and Crime Prevention
2045 time to depart
Please come to the event and help demonstrate that Poole Harbour has a strong marine
community who are determined to stop crime by securing their boats thus sending a message to
the criminal element. Poole Harbour Watch, Poole Harbour Commissioners and the Marine
Policing Team are working together to promote and encourage people to secure their boats and to
report any marine crime.
Looking forward to meeting you
Jacky Hardy – Chair of Poole Harbour Watch
Please don’t forget to bring your TicketSource free tickets
If you have problems accessing your tickets, email me and I will book you in. I will need your full name.
Poole Harbour Watch
Poole Harbour Watch operates by carrying out patrols, both day and night, in conjunction with individual boat owners and members of yacht clubs within the harbour. These patrols are conducted on random occasions and organised at short notice. In addition all members are encouraged to keep a lookout when going about their normal boating activities and thereby supplementing the organised patrols.
We have established a reporting system that will enable those witnessing the scene of an incident to gather information of use to the authorities report that information to the police and back to the PHW database. The statistics gathered will enable us to identify patterns in crimes and add substance to our pressure on the authorities for extra support.
Additional to the patrols and watches there is an enormous amount of liaison with the bodies that serve our marine environment: –
- The Poole Harbour Commissioners
- Coastguard
- The Chief Constable, marine and local police
- Police Crime Commissioner
- Southern Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority
In discussions with the candidates for the post of PCC we established the need for greater support, this consequently, led to the formation of a basis for future joint operations. This will be enhanced with the knowledge gained from our database and by the utilisation of the boating skills and knowledge of the waters that we already poses.
This website contains links to an array of useful sites that provide information on weather forecasts, tides, phases of the moon as well as advice on security matters and equipment. It also provides a forum for exchanging practical ideas and solutions.
Please sign up to Dorset Alert – Harbour Watch using the QR code or typing in:
https://crowd.in/VmY2Gk
Join the Poole Harbour Watch Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1193347561306654/
