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We will endeavour to acknowledge your complaint within five working days and we aim to correct substantial errors as soon as possible.I enjoyed Dick Durham’s article ‘Dad’s Army
to patrol our coastline’ (YM, April 2018)
about the policing of our ports and coastline.
He makes a good point, but this is a huge
problem. To do the job properly in Hong
Kong, it took five Royal Navy (RN) patrol
craft, a unit of Royal Marines using RIBs,
about six large police launches plus all the
usual customs officers, waterfront police and
harbour officials, plus occasional sorties by
RAF helicopters. Including command and
control and support staff, it was probably
getting on for about 1,000 people: all this
to cover an area about the same size
perimeter as that of London. To provide a
similar service for the whole of the UK coastand every port would take a massive effort
involving tens of thousands of people, which
would be unaffordable and unsustainable.
The RN seems presently unable to recruit
enough people for it’s current roles but it is,
however, midway through rolling out a class
of 12 patrol craft. Other vessels also assist
with certain patrol tasks. Part of the problem
is that the Navy, Coastguard, Police, Harbour
Authorities, Border Force and Customs have
separate roles and aims. They need to be
coordinated under one central command
setup and tasked, jointly, to prevent
smuggling, terrorism, illegal immigration
and other crime. Dick’s ‘Dad’s Army’ will
have to be included in that. Geoff GoodwinCentral / Alamy
More coordination for better protection
LETTERS
Geoff believes UK waters could
be better protected through
one central command