[Title 32 CFR 700.922]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2002 Edition]
[Title 32 - NATIONAL DEFENSE]
[Subtitle A - Department of Defense (Continued)]
[Chapter Vi - DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY]
[Subchapter A - UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDS]
[Part 700 - UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDS]
[Subpart I - The Senior Officer Present]
[Sec. 700.922 - Shore patrol.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


32NATIONAL DEFENSE52002-07-012002-07-01false700.922Sec. 700.922NATIONAL DEFENSEDepartment of Defense (Continued)DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVYUNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDSUNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDSThe Senior Officer Present
Sec. 700.922  Shore patrol.

    (a) When liberty is granted to any considerable number of persons, 
except in an area that can absorb them without danger of disturbance or 
disorder, the senior officer present shall cause to be established, 
temporarily or permanently, in charge of an officer, a sufficient patrol 
of officers, petty officers, and noncommissioned officers to maintain 
order and suppress any unseemly conduct on the part of any person on 
liberty. The senior patrol officer shall communicate with the chief of 
police or other local officials and make such arrangements as may be 
practicable to aid the patrol in carrying out its duties properly. Such 
duties may include providing assistance to military personnel in 
relations with civil courts and police, arranging for release of service 
personnel from civil authorities to the parent command, and providing 
other services that favorably influence discipline and morale.
    (b) A patrol shall not be landed in any foreign port without first 
obtaining the consent of the proper local officials. Tact must be used 
in requesting permission; and, unless it is given willingly and 
cordially, the patrol shall not be landed. If consent cannot be 
obtained, the size of liberty parties shall be held to such limits as 
may be necessary to render disturbances unlikely.
    (c) Officers and enlisted personnel on patrol duty in a foreign 
country normally should not be armed. In the United States, officers and 
men may be armed as prescribed by the senior officer present.
    (d) No officer or enlisted person who is a member of the shore 
patrol or beach guard, or is assigned in support thereof, shall partake 
of or indulge in any form of intoxicating beverage or

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other form of intoxicant while on duty, on post, or at other times 
prescribed by the senior patrol officer. The senior patrol officer shall 
ensure that the provisions of this paragraph are strictly observed and 
shall report promptly in writing to the senior officer present all 
violations of these provisions that may come to his or her notice. All 
officers and enlisted personnel of the patrol shall report to the senior 
patrol officer all violations of the provisions of this paragraph on the 
part of those under them.