Image shows Bridgeton MO. Mayor Edwin C. Swan (left) and Police Chief Roy L. Beck accepting titles to a 14-foot Dura-Craft Aluminum Rescue Boat from Robert Pete Branneky (right), owner and manager of Pete's Boat and Motor Company. Bridgeton purchased the boat, complete with a 10-horsepower motor and trailer, for use by the Police Department along the western boundary of the town which is the Missouri River. Bridgeton Police have responsibility for approximately 3 3/4 miles of shoreline, much of it is not accessible by road, and for islands offshore. The boat will be used in any rescue work done in the town or, if requested, in neighboring areas.
