Staffed by approximately 140 sworn officers, the San Diego Harbor Police Dock in Point Loma serves as the Shelter Island base for the Port of San Diego's law-enforcement and marine-firefighting division. The department's jurisdiction covers 34 miles of San Diego Bay tidelands across five cities—San Diego, Coronado, Chula Vista, National City, and Imperial Beach—including every marina, anchorage, and commercial berth from Shelter Island Marina to the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal. Officers are cross-trained in vehicle patrol, vessel operations, underwater crime-scene investigation, marine firefighting, and explosives K-9 handling, making the department one of the few in California that combines traditional policing with shipboard fire suppression. A regional partnership with the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force assigns Harbor Police personnel to conduct threat assessments within the port district, while a separate unit supports the State Department's international law-enforcement training program in dive operations and maritime patrol. That waterfront security mission intersects directly with the environmental and commercial advocacy work of San Diego Working Waterfront, whose 800-plus member businesses depend on consistent patrol coverage across tideland corridors. The department's most operationally complex capability is its SAFE boat fleet, which conducts high-speed pursuit, interdiction, and boarding operations in San Diego Bay and coastal waters while simultaneously providing security escorts for incoming cruise ships and naval vessels.