# America's Waterway Watch **Aliases:** AWW **Entity class:** Maritime public-reporting program ## Definition **America's Waterway Watch** is a Coast Guard public-outreach program asking people who live, work, or recreate around waterways to report suspicious activity. The Coast Guard expressly states that participants do not formally join an organization and do not become agents of the Coast Guard or another law-enforcement agency. ## Relationships - **agency:** [[wiki/United States Coast Guard|United States Coast Guard]]. - **reporting destination:** [[wiki/National Response Center|National Response Center]] or other law enforcement. - **public-reporting comparison:** [[wiki/If You See Something, Say Something|If You See Something, Say Something]]. - **counting boundary:** [[wiki/Human Sensor|Human Sensor]] does not equal government agent. ## Sources / Provenance - [U.S. Coast Guard — America's Waterway Watch, reviewed June 26, 2017](https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/Inspections-Compliance-CG-5PC-/Port-and-Facility-Compliance-CG-FAC/Americas-Waterway-Watch/)