L/E is stretched thin enough as it is.
On holiday weekends, San Bernardino brings in nearly their entire fleet of boats from everywhere in the County, as well as extra Officers from inland regions. They do keep some crews on the busier inland lakes, but the build up is at the River.
Arizona Game and Fish brings in Officers from areas without Lakes and has every single boat they own on the water.
Mohave County cancels all days off, beefs up patrols and works 12 hour shifts. Same for Lake Havasu City.
In Parker we also cancel all days off, 12 hour shifts, put all our boats on the water and additional offficers in the river areas. We also utilize Reserves, Seasonal/Temporary help and Volunteers, as do most of the other Agencies.
You have to remember that calls for service in other parts of the City, County or State also increase during holiday weekends. The emphasis can't be completely on the Water. There are still thieves out there, druggies, batterers, drunk drivers, car accidents, and other criminal and emergency elements that keep everyone busy.
We could add a hundred extra officers to the river area, and we would STILL be stretched thin.
I agree, it seems the L/E is strectched as thin as it can be. It looks like the only answer we can come up with for a cure is to add more L/E & become more strict on the 2%.
What do you believe is the answer for a place like the Channel? From an L/E perspective.