"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
ups.com...


One of the challenges is that under existing law, a USCG boarding
officer cannot ask anybody aboard the boat for identification, but
only for documents identifying the boat.

Some additional insight on this issue:

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.o.../Gov.Lacks.htm


That doesn't make sense. The USCG is the only branch of the service that is
empowered to arrest a civilian. Seems like they would need to know who they
are arresting.

Eisboch