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Swedish police with a Bell 429 A Eurocopter AS365 N3 Dauphin 2 of the Victoria Police Air Wing.. Police aviation is the use of aircraft in police operations. Police services commonly use aircraft for traffic control, ground support, search and rescue, high-speed car pursuits, observation, air patrol and control of large-scale public events and/or public order incidents.
In 1968, the unit received its first turbine-powered helicopter, the Bell 206A JetRanger, which significantly decreased police response times. With a major expansion in 1974, the Helicopter Unit was renamed the Air Support Division. At that time, the ASD grew to fifteen helicopters and one Cessna 210 crewed by 77 sworn personnel. In 1976, the ...
1997 - On February 16, Deputy Patrick "Pat" S. Coyle, 42, died after the ASTREA helicopter in which he and pilot Ron Hobson were flying crashed in Sycamore Canyon, northeast of Santee, California. His death marked the first fatality in the then 25-year history of the sheriff's air support unit. 2003 - Cedar Fire and Paradise Fire
Sep. 13—The Spokane County Sheriff's Office could be getting a new $3.3 million helicopter. The Spokane County Commission on Tuesday unanimously voted to accept a $500,000 grant from the U.S ...
The King County sheriff’s helicopter, Guardian 1, also helped with the search. As of 1 p.m. Wednesday, the man has not been found. The 32-year-old man is 6-foot-2 and weighs about 200 pounds.
Two groups studying the effects of helicopters on the health of county residents are suing the L.A. County Sheriff's Department over records on its chopper fleet.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD), officially the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, is a law enforcement agency serving Los Angeles County, California. LASD is the largest sheriff's department in the United States and the third largest local police agency in the United States, following the New York Police Department ...
The series chronicles the missions of "240-Robert", a specialized unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD), that utilized four wheel drive vehicles and a helicopter. Most of the assignments were sea/air/land search and rescue operations in the extensive (over 4,000 sq mi (10,000 km 2 )) jurisdiction.