Tag: Helicopters: Page 9

Special Units

NYPD Rescues Kayaker In Icy Water

This NYPD video shows ESU officers transporting a 32-year-old man to a waiting ambulance at the agency's aviation base at Floyd Bennett Field on Saturday. Detective Brian Singer and Officer Marian Kopystianskyj, two divers assigned to the Harbor Unit, entered the icy water of Jamaica Bay to save the man.

February 10, 2013

Patrol

How To Improve Coordination with Helicopter Units

POLICE

Use these suggestions to get more effective air support.

January 17, 2013

Vehicle Ops

HF Antenna Improves Bell 407's Radio Reception

Bell Helicopter, through its Aeronautical Accessories brand, has introduced an HF antenna for the Bell 407, after receiving approval from the Federal Aviation Administration.

January 9, 2013

Training

Arbitrator: N.J. Town Must Reimburse Officers for Helicopter Training

An arbitrator has ruled against the West Windsor, N.J., township in a battle over who should pay for helicopter flying lessons taken by two police officers, but an appeal is already under way.

January 1, 2013

Vehicle Ops

Five Calif. Officers Injured when Helicopters Collide

Two Pasadena (Calif.) Police helicopters collided Saturday afternoon, causing injuries to five officers and a civilian observer at the agency's air operations bureau.

November 18, 2012

Vehicle Ops

Copter Crash Kills Two Atlanta Officers

Two Atlanta Police officers were killed Saturday night when their low-flying helicopter struck a power line and crashed while they searched for a missing boy.

November 3, 2012

Vehicle Ops

L.A. Sheriff's Helicopter Lands On City Street

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department helicopter was forced to land on a Lakewood street late Sunday after a bird struck the airborne unit.

October 21, 2012

Vehicle Ops

New Jersey State Police Take Delivery of AW139 Helicopter

The AW139 is a twin-engined, 15-seat medium size helicopter with a five-bladed rotor and tricycle landing gear. It's suited for homeland security and search-and-rescue missions.

July 10, 2012

Vehicle Ops

States Scale Back Aircraft for Catching Speeders

New York, California, and Virginia are among several states to scale back the use of aircraft for traffic enforcement in recent years because of budget cuts or concerns about cost-effectiveness

July 1, 2012

Training

Helicopter Training In Law Enforcement

How we train is how we fight—or more broadly, how we perform under pressure. This also applies to helicopter pilots; how they train versus how they are expected to fly.

April 2, 2012

Vehicle Ops

1 Dead, 3 Missing In Coast Guard Copter Crash

One U.S. Coast Guard crewmember is dead and three are missing after a helicopter crashed during a training mission in Mobile Bay, Ala. The MH-65C helicopter crashed Tuesday evening near Point Clear, Ala.

February 28, 2012

Vehicle Ops

LAPD's Air Support Division

The LAPD Air Support Division is the largest municipal airborne law enforcement organization in the U.S. and operates from the LAPD Hooper Heliport. The helicopter crews assist with thousands of arrests, pursuits and crimes in progress each year. The LAPD's airborne law enforcement program began with one helicopter in 1956. Today, the Air Support Division is the largest municipal airborne law enforcement operation in the world and logged more than 18,000 flight hours in 2011. Photos courtesy of the LAPD's Air Support Angel's Foundation.

January 4, 2012