CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Rep. Jen Kiggans recently visited with the Chesapeake Police Department’s Marine Patrol Unit.
Kiggans secured $500,000 in government funding to help the unit increase community safety.
The funding will go towards the purchase of a new state-of-the-art patrol vessel. The boat will be used to escort vessels through the Port of Virginia, patrol rivers and waterways in Chesapeake, and give aid and assistance to boaters in distress.
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