7-Dec-2010Source: DailyMe
Sacramento Sheriff-elect Scott Jones announced the relaunch of the department’s Air Operations unit at Mather Field on Sunday. A helicopter lifted off in rainy skies Sunday afternoon for the first daily beat patrols since July 2009.... Read more
9-Sep-2009Source: CBS13
Balltazar Valladares, 30, pleaded guilty in June to shining a high-powered green laser at a Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department helicopter on March 16, 2009. The helicopter was searching for a suspect who had shined a green laser at a Southwest Airlines flight that was landing at the Sacramento International Airport two hours earlier.... Read more