Long Beach Police seeks approval to sell two EC130s
Source: Press Telegram, 05-Mar-12
The EC130s were bought in 2001 for $5.76 million and went into service the following December. Police purchased two replacement AS350B-2 in February 2011 for $3.52 million from the Los Angeles County Sheriff. The acquisition was intended to reduce operating costs by 42 percent – from $768 per hour to $448, according to a staff [...]
Long Beach Police swap EC130s for AS350B2s
Source: Long Beach Police, 10-Oct-11
The Long Beach Police Department has acquired two air support units from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, in an effort to reduce fuel and maintenance costs. The mission of the Long Beach Police Department’s Air Support Unit is to provide direct support to daily patrol operations as well as support for detectives and SWAT [...]
Woman arrested for shining laser at Long Beach Police helicopter
Source: Long Beach Post, 17-Feb-11
A 34-year old Long Beach woman has been arrested for pointing lasers at Police and Sheriff helicopters while they conducted a search for suspects in an unrelated incident in January. Kelly Ann Smith has been charged with two felony counts of discharging a laser at an aircraft.
Long Beach Police look to buy pre-owned AS350B2s to replace EC130s
Source: Contra Costa Times, 31-Jan-11
Police officials want to buy the helicopters from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department at a cost of up to $3.5M. The City Council will decide whether to approve the purchase at its Tuesday meeting. The city purchased the current EC130s, for $5.7M in 2001
Long Beach police look to swap EC130s out for pre-owned AS350B2s to save money
Source: Gazettes, 24-Nov-10
According to Lt. Richard Rocchi of the Long Beach Police Dept, it may not be too long before the unit receives two well-maintained used Eurocopter AS350B2 helicopters from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
