Manatee on shore draws crowd at Haulover Inlet

Heard on: Miami-Dade FL Law Dispatch Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Are you still with you? I have a manatee at the Haulover Inlet, (number withheld) Collins Avenue.

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Friends have manatee on shore.

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Subjects are touching and taking pictures of it.

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Advise, do you want units to go out there and control the crowd? Reference, I'm assuming it's going to be an FWC call.

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Is this the inlet?

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Yeah, further remarks.

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They said they're advising right next to the inlet.

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The manatee is on shore.

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Further remarks.

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3103, if you can respond to the Haulover Inlet.

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It's going to be on the north side.

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(number withheld) Collins Avenue.

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It's a manatee on shore.

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Unknown subjects are touching and taking pictures.

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1943, 3103.

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Thank you, 43.

8/2/2026 04:41 PM

Suspicious Activity

Collins Ave, Bal Harbour, FL 33154

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As discussed during the dispatch call, officers were sent to a shoreline area near Haulover Inlet by Collins Avenue for a report of a manatee on shore, where unknown people were reportedly touching it and taking pictures, and authorities were asked to help control the crowd pending possible wildlife agency involvement.