A joint boarding team comprised of U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Mounted Police personnel conducts safety checks on a recreational vessel in Canadian waters as part of the Shiprider program in Boundary Pass near South Pender Island, British Columbia, Aug. 27, 2014. Shiprider is a formal, regional standard operating procedure which places mixed crews aboard law enforcement vessels along the shared border to combat cross-border crime. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener)