Police carry out water rescue drill on Suzhou Creek
Officers trained in water rescue jump into Suzhou Creek as part of the drill.
Police use a remotely controlled motorized robot to "save lives."
Shanghai police practiced water rescue with boats, drones, and robots on Suzhou Creek in Putuo District on Wednesday.
Police launched a drone to find a drowning person and used a motorized robot shaped like a life buoy, which was remotely controlled, to reach the person.
Officers trained in water rescue "jumped into the creek" to save the victim.
Marine police patrol the creek three times a day from Moganshan police dock in Putuo to Waibaidu Bridge on the Bund.
Police said that they often have to advise residents, who climb over the flood-proof walls along the creek to swim or fish, not to do so.
"Swimming, fishing, and kayaking are prohibited because the creek is a shipping route," said Feng Yixuan, vice director of the Suzhou Creek Marine Police Station.
"The creek is 5 meters deep -- 7 meters at its deepest -- and has dangerous undercurrents and silt that trap people," she said.
This year, police have rescued five people from the creek.
A police officer uses a drone to locate a "drowning person" during a drill.
