Pierce County Sheriffs Department
Sheriff Nancy Hove
Chief Deputy Neil Gulbranson
432
W. Main Street, P.O. Box 9
Ellsworth, WI 54011
Date: 9-18-09
To Whom It May Concern:
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department just recently purchased a thermal camera system from OceanView
Technologies for one of our patrol boats. We purchased the OceanView Apollo II Thermal Imaging System with the 12”
SeaPC VM Display from VEI after looking at other systems. Jerry Bernella from OceanView Technologies was extremely helpful
to work with during this process. This camera system offers both the thermal camera and a low light camera which are both
very helpful in a maritime environment.
We have had this system for approximately two months now and we really
like the features and the performance of this unit. The customer support has been incredible from this company. Jerry was
calling me about every week just to make sure that I did not have any questions or problems with this unit. If your Department
has maritime patrol, I would strongly suggest that you incorporate this system on your watercraft. It allows you to operate
at night time in a much safer capacity then without having it. Search and rescue and law enforcement specific missions on
or near the water greatly improve with this system.
If your Department is considering a thermal camera, I
would highly recommend contacting Jerry from OceanView out of Boca Raton, FL. If you have any questions about my experience
purchasing this product from OceanView, please contact me at 715-273-6816.
Thank you for your time,
Deputy
Brad Verges
Recreation Safety Officer
Pierce County Sheriff’s Department
Ellsworth, WI
Mike, August 2, 2009
A short note to say how incredible your companies Apollo II night
vision system is, I very recently had my new Riviera 70 delivered to me. In the process of choosing the electronics package,
Errol from Riviera Electronics suggested that I fit your night vision system. The system is so good that I believe it should
be mandatory for all boats, we left late afternoon on our way to Hamilton Island, and to say that whales up the East coast
of Australia are almost in plaque porportions is an understatement. We where amazed to be able to see whales spouting at up
to a nautical mile away, and birds taking off in front of us. We felt so safe that cruising along at 25 knots caused us no
worries. We tested this system out on a night with no moon and with a total cloud with no stars. I believe that the real value
of your system will be if a man overboard situation, the ability to quickly find someone in the water in the dark would be
a real life safer. I have nothing but praise for you system, thanks for making it available to all us boaties.
Sincerely
Bryan M Stokes
Bruce Siler, MarineMax,
Senior Delivery Captain
"I love VEI. There is an
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your boat, it should always be seen through a VEI screen."
David Fields, Hatteras,
Senior Captain
" We fish 25 tournaments a year. VEI's
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