Oklahoma Highway Patrol Information

Lake Patrol Section (Troop W) Offices

Other Important Information

• Boating Safety Education: 405-341-5067
• Marine Theft and Identification: 405-341-8640
• Boating Safety Education/Marine Theft mailing address: 7000 E. 2nd Street, Edmond, OK 73034
• For emergencies, contact the local Highway Patrol Headquarters, County Sheriff's Office, or Municipal Police Department.
• Cellular phone users can report emergencies to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol by dialing *55.

Boating Terms

In this handbook these boating terms are used as follows.

Operate means to navigate or be in actual physical control of a vessel or otherwise use a vessel or motor.

Vessel means every device, other than a seaplane, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water (including personal watercraft).

Wake means the track of waves left by a vessel or other object moving through the water, and such waves are greater than the natural waves in the immediate area of the vessel, or are cresting and showing white water, or may cause injury or damage to person or property.