HERE! HERE!

You've got it exactly right. Sometimes it would be nice if the Coasties could have the ability (and the testicular fortitude) to say, "Nah, we are a little busy right now. Keep swimming and we'll get back to you." The "captain" should be fined and lose his boating privileges.
We have a police officer locally that got sick of listening to the foul mouth of drunk biker in the back of his squad car and duck taped his mouth. The police officer is on administrative leave. Oh well.

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. - George Will
"It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so" -Ronald Reagan