20-Jun-2010Source: Police Aviation News
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9-Jun-2010Source: Wales Online
The South Wales and Gwent Police EC135 helicopter crew now has a twitter feed that reports on what it’s been covering.... Read more
9-Jun-2010Source: Eurocopter
The Turkish State Airport Administration (DHMI), a subsidiary of the Turkish Ministry of Transport and the Eurocopter Group today confirmed a contract for two EC145 helicopters, at the ILA trade fair in Berlin Germany. The aircrafts are the first of their kind to be delivered to the Turkish government and they are equipped for the... Read more
3-Jun-2010Source: ToDoTeotihuacan
The president, Edgar Sánchez Navarro, announced that the Bell 260 type helicopter owned by the Municipal Government of Nezahualcoyotl no longer fly over the streets of the town as its technical conditions do not guarantee safety for the crew of the ship to the locals. [file photo]... Read more
2-Jun-2010Source: Ellesmere Port Pioneer
The Hawarden-based helicopter, which operated at the same altitude as the plane of about 1,000-1,500ft, resulted in a noise level of about 84 decibels compared with 85-90 decibels for a lawnmower, 80 decibels for a refuse truck and 100 decibels for a train... Read more
2-Jun-2010Source: Southern California Public Radio
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today authorized the Sheriff’s Dept to buy as many as 14 new helicopters at a cost of about $56.7M. The LASD Aviation Bureau has a replacement policy of “7,000 airframe hours or 7 years”... Read more
28-May-2010
Deputy Chief Constable Craig Denholm said the Surrey helicopter cost nearly £2m a year to keep in the air. “We are completely committed to continuing air support in Surrey,” he said. “But I am not saying we will retain a single helicopter for Surrey.” [HeliHub.com Editor Note: The accompanying BBC story wrongly features an AS355]... Read more
27-May-2010Source: WAAY TV
We’re getting the dogs used to the helicopter. We’re getting the helicopter pilot used to us. It’s kind of a training between all of us. We’ve never done this before. We want to see how the dogs are going to react... Read more
26-May-2010Source: HeliHub.com
Leaders from the ABC Region of Sao Paulo met yesterday with state Secretary of Public Security, Antonio Ferreira Pinto. Among a number of issues discussed was to request that one of the State’s twelve helicopters be dedicated full-time to the ABC Region. Local response has been mixed to this idea, some suggesting that the State... Read more
25-May-2010Source: MyWebTimes
AÂ proposal by La Salle County Sheriff Tom Templeton to add a low-cost helicopter to the county’s law enforcement tools is to be considered by the full County Board at its June 14 meeting.... Read more
25-May-2010Source: The Citizen
This is the largest-ever theft recovery for the LoJack system in the entire state of Georgia, according to Sheriff’s Investigator Brent Rowan.... Read more
23-May-2010Source: HeliHub.com
The Bulgarian Interior Ministry is to build an operational base for its aviation unit on a plot in the northern part of the Sofia airport. The construction of the airbase will be financed under an international project, the implementation of which will take two years to complete. The new facility will have helicopter hangars and... Read more
19-May-2010Source: Ventura County Star
A Glenn County man is facing up to 20 years in prison for interfering with an aircraft by shining a powerful laser at a California Highway Patrol helicopter.... Read more
19-May-2010Source: Taiwan News
Federal authorities issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for a man they say fired at a Puerto Rico police helicopter and injured two people, one of whom later died. (See HeliHub.com accident page here)... Read more
19-May-2010Source: Puget Sound Regional Aviation Group
The Puget Sound Regional Aviation Group, made up of aviation units from King, Pierce and Snohomish Counties along with Washington State Patrol has been recognized for the “Outstanding Regional Partnership†award for 2010.  The Urban Area Security Initiative program is administered by the Department of Homeland Security.  This is the first year for the national awards. The... Read more
14-May-2010Source: The Ledger
Years or wrangling over what to do with the lone Lakeland police helicopter appears to be ending as the city finalizes a deal to merge helicopter operations with Polk County. The new “Joint Aviation Unit†will be headed by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which owns two helicopters.... Read more
14-May-2010Source: Northern Echo
The crew were able to pinpointed the source of the laser and guided a ground unit to an address in Easington Lane, where a 17-year-old male was arrested.... Read more
14-May-2010
Several police units descended on the new King Shaka International Airport in Durban to display how they will handle life-threatening situations during the World Cup, which starts next month.... Read more
12-May-2010Source: Wall Street Journal
Profile by a WSJ journalist who flew with a female NYPD pilot and a photographer who had his own [seemingly misguided] opinion about helicopters!... Read more
12-May-2010Source: Dairio Digital
Guinea-Bissau seeking helicopter for anti-drug work – happy to settle with a pre-owned machine, too.... Read more
12-May-2010Source: San Bernardino Sun
While circling the area, the pilot and an observer were struck by a laser beam. The observer directed officers on the ground to the person who aimed the laser. Perez told police his friend purchased the laser on the internet.... Read more
11-May-2010Source: NewsOn6
Mayor Dewey Bartlett has suggested the city might sell the two helicopters it has now (MD500 and LongRanger) and replace them with models that cost less to fly made by Robinson Helicopter.... Read more
9-May-2010Source: Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg’s first police helicopter won’t take to the skies before October, police Chief Keith McCaskill said Friday as the city confirmed the awarding of a $3.49-million contract to purchase the aircraft.... Read more
7-May-2010Source: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stcharles/story/B5D56CE3E26E4F15862577140006795A?OpenDocument
A St. Charles County man was arrested Tuesday night after he pointed a green laser light at a police helicopter in flight, police said. Authorities arrested the man, 24, on suspicion of interfering with an aircraft... Read more
4-May-2010Source: Nercury News
The helicopter was helping on a robbery search in the south Sacramento area on Friday night when witnesses reported seeing people on the roof of a middle school.... Read more
29-Apr-2010Source: Alberta Local News
Sylvan Lake RCMP will be the first police force in the province to use a Draganfly helicopter and possibly the first RCMP detachment in the country to have recourse to the still- and video-camera wielding machines... Read more
25-Apr-2010Source: ABC
The first of three law-enforcement equipped R44s has arrived at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport – Paraguay’s main national and international gateway, located at Luque, suburb of the capital Asunción.... Read more
25-Apr-2010Source: Defensa
Alpha Unmanned Systems exhibits two of its helicopter UAVs – Command and Sniper – at this week’s Security Expo 2010 in Mexico City... Read more
23-Apr-2010Source: Aviation News, Brazil
The helicopter purchase included an agreement between the National Secretariat of Public Security (Senasp) and the Ministry of Justice and Public Safety (Sejusp).... Read more
23-Apr-2010Source: Birmingham Mail
Motorised hangar doors, reinforced steel pedestrian access, a comprehensive alarm system and a CCTV monitoring capability had been installed to “ensure the safe keeping of the helicopterâ€. Their previous EC135 was destroyed by an arson attack... Read more
20-Apr-2010Source: Winnipeg Free Press
The city’s first police helicopter could help cut down MPI’s costs by monitoring traffic “from a surreptitious point of view,” according to June 2009 police report obtained by the Free Press under freedom-of-information legislation.... Read more
15-Apr-2010Source: Noozhawk
“This newer generation camera will allow us to see even farther at night than before,†said Senior Deputy and pilot George DeLuca. “It will definitely have an impact on our lifesaving abilities when we work with the sheriff’s volunteer Search and Rescue Team”... Read more
14-Apr-2010Source: HeliHub.com
Cheshire Police have confirmed they have taken delivery of their first helicopter, a Eurocopter EC135P2+, at their Hawarden base. Cheshire is one of a consortium of six British police forces who got together and agreed a single specificiation, which brought down the unit price for each of them. Cheshire is the third of the six... Read more
11-Apr-2010Source: Primeiraedicao
Bell 407 and Eurocopter AS350 said to be the short list... Read more
6-Apr-2010Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the Bulgarian Border Police has taken delivery of its first AW109 Power light twin helicopter during an official ceremony held at Sofia Airport today in the presence of Representatives of the Bulgarian Government. This helicopter will provide a reliable air surveillance capability on the outer EU... Read more
6-Apr-2010Source: Rotorblatt
With UAV use only just started in Lower Saxony, there is already some confusion regarding the use of a small drone helicopter by the police.... Read more
6-Apr-2010Source: Wenatchee World
Chelan County Sheriff Mike Harum and Commissioner Doug England are sparring over the value of the county-owned choppers used by the sheriff’s office after England said he may try to eliminate funding for the helicopters in next year’s budget.... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: KKTV
A bidder from North Dakota has purchased a Colorado Springs Police helicopter that was auctioned off on-line after the city came up short of funds to keep the police choppers in the air.... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: McCook Daily Gazette
How much is a prototype helicopter worth? Who’s going to determine its value? And if the helicopter and its technology are sold, how much of Red Willow County’s $300,000 loan can be recouped? Should the county pay storage costs accruing on the helicopter?... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: Click 2 Houston
Employees of the Houston mayor’s office have been lining up for rides in what one pilot called “open season” for City Hall staffers to have fun aboard police helicopter flights on taxpayers’ dime... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Orange County Register
Due to budget cuts, Huntington Beach has decreased its flight time to 40 hours from 60, saving about $108,000. Anaheim has cut their hours to 45 from 60, reducing costs by $311,000, and the Sheriff’s Department slashed its air time in half – from five hours a day to two and a half, saving $700,000.... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: The Ledger
An Orlando man is in jail today on charges he shot at a law enforcement helicopter.... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Pasadena Independent
Executives from MD Helicopters presented a key to the new helicopter to Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard during a brief afternoon ceremony introducing the public to the new member of Pasadena PD.... Read more
21-Mar-2010Source: Houston Examiner
Police officers could be removed from the helicopter patrols that have long provided the eye in the sky for HPD officers on the ground, depending on the outcome of a study now commissioned by Houston’s new mayor.... Read more
19-Mar-2010Source: SkyBooks
SkyBOOKS, Inc., a Textron, Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, and an affiliate of Bell Helicopter, is offering free trial subscriptions to their Electronic Record Keeping Program for ALEA members. ALEA members that qualify for the SkyBOOKS Electronic Record Keeping Program limited-time offer will receive: Flight Operations and Pilot Currency Tracking Maintenance Tracking and Reporting Inventory Management... Read more
19-Mar-2010Source: Baltimore Sun
News coming out about budget cuts sounds dire for the Baltimore Police Department. At the moment, the police helicopter known as Foxtrot is on the chopping block.... Read more
18-Mar-2010Source: St Petersburg Times
Pasco Sheriff Bob White’s plan to build a new helicopter hangar at the Land O’Lakes Jail has gotten complicated and led him to bump heads with county administrators over aspects of it.... Read more
13-Mar-2010Source: CBC
Calgary police helicopters are reported to have flown too close to other aircraft at least 11 times in the last four years, a CBC News investigation has found. Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/03/05/calgary-police-helicopter-close-calls-air-planes.html#ixzz0i2WRCpqo... Read more
12-Mar-2010Source: Mid-Continent Instruments
The Wichita Police Department’s Air Section has recognized Mid-Continent Instruments’ excellent customer service with the WPD Certificate of Appreciation. Lt. Paul Shields and David Fry, Director of Maintenance, presented Mid-Continent Instruments President and CEO Todd Winter with the award recently. Mid-Continent literally helped keep the Air Section’s 2003 MD500E Light Single Helicopter in the air,... Read more
12-Mar-2010Source: Orange County Register
Council members suggested taking closer looks at the Airborne Law Enforcement Services program, which provides helicopter policing services primarily in Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and Santa Ana.... Read more
10-Mar-2010Source: Eurocopter
On Friday 5th March the Devon & Cornwall Police took delivery of a new EC145 helicopter. This most modern machine was customised at Eurocopter UK in Oxford to meet the demanding needs of the modern police service. It is equipped with the latest aids to police reconnaissance and airborne crime fighting. Included is a state-of-the-art... Read more
7-Mar-2010Source: Cayman News Service
After almost three years and a considerable amount of controversy, the police helicopter has finally landed in the Cayman Islands... Read more
7-Mar-2010
No decision has yet been made over who could be awarded the contract beyond that date and all operations were being looked at over its future, the statement says.  Options include awarding a contract for a dedicated Norfolk Police helicopter or collaborating with Suffolk Police... Read more
2-Mar-2010Source: San Diego News Network
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved $1.1M for refurbishing a sheriff’s helicopter that has been grounded since October. Board Chairwoman Pam Slater-Price said a new helicopter would cost $2.5M.... Read more
2-Mar-2010Source: American Eurocopter
March 1, 2010 Grand Prairie, Texas – American Eurocopter announced today that the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has ordered two AS350 B3-2B1 helicopters expanding mission capabilities to the department by adding a more powerful version of the AS350B3 coupled with the benefit of the Turbomeca Arriell 2B1 Full-Authority-Digital-Engine-Control (FADEC). These helicopters will join... Read more
28-Feb-2010Source: Globo
The helicopter will help in monitoring in the detection of environmental crimes, deforestation and illegal construction in protected areas.... Read more
28-Feb-2010Source: Evening Gazette
He told a meeting of the authority that there has been a discussion at ACPO – the Association of Chief Police Officers – on the idea of bringing police helicopters in the country into a central unit.... Read more
27-Feb-2010Source: Mail Tribune
The deal was firmed up last September for three months of training in the Western United States, followed by 30 days support by Brim Aviation personnel in China and consulting for the next three years.... Read more
25-Feb-2010Source: Police Aviation News
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24-Feb-2010Source: American Eurocopter
From the Eurocopter booth at Heli-Expo, American Eurocopter announced that U.S. Customs and Border Protection has entered into the first option year on the Light Enforcement Helicopter (LEH) contract and placed an order for six AS350B3s. This is the second order on the LEH contract that was awarded to American Eurocopter by the Department of... Read more
24-Feb-2010Source: Virginian Pilot
The Virginia Beach Police operate a Bell 407 which has recently gone through a major equipment upgrade program... Read more
23-Feb-2010
Colorado Springs Police OH-58 sold to Wyomning for $170K... Read more
23-Feb-2010Source: Metro Aviation
After receiving a competitive bid award last year, north Louisiana based Metro Aviation, Inc. has delivered the first new law enforcement equipped Single Pilot IFR (SPIFR) EC135T2+ to the Massachusetts State Police Aviation Section. The comprehensively equipped aircraft was delivered in new “green†condition from the manufacturer to Shreveport, Louisiana where it underwent the extensive... Read more
23-Feb-2010Source: American Eurocopter
American Eurocopter announced today that the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) has ordered another AS350 B2 helicopter that will join the department’s existing fleet of two AS350 B2s and one EC145. The aircraft will replace another helicopter and with this addition, the SCPD’s Aviation Section will become an all-Eurocopter fleet operator. “Due to their outstanding... Read more
23-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a Sikorsky company, today at Heli-Expo honored the Houston Police Department (HPD) for its customer loyalty and outstanding service to the community. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The Houston Police Department’s Air Support Division plays a significant role in ensuring the safety of city residents.... Read more
22-Feb-2010Source: Night Flight Concepts
The Tampa (Florida) Police Department’s Aviation Unit completed Initial NVG Pilot Training offered by Night Flight Concepts (NFC), the industry’s premier provider of night vision goggles, training and maintenance. The Tampa Police Department’s (TPD) comprehensive NVG training took place on-site at the departments’ flight operation facility located at the Tampa International Airport. The training incorporated... Read more
22-Feb-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc (MDHI) delivered three new MD 500E® Helicopters to the Houston Police Department Air Support Division over the span of three months last fall. The first delivery was made at the 2009 Airborne Law Enforcement Association (ALEA) Annual Conference and Exposition on July 23. The two newest were delivered on September 29 and... Read more
21-Feb-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc. delivered a new MD 500E® to the St. Louis Metro Air Support Unit in January. This new helicopter will be utilized to perform search and rescue missions, increase patrols of the region’s critical infrastructure and provide support to first responders. The Metro Air Support Unit is a consolidated flight Unit initiated in... Read more
21-Feb-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc (MDHI) and the Air Operations Unit of the West Yorkshire Police have announced that an MD Explorer®, helicopter serial number 078 has extended its record for flight hours, reaching 11,565 hours as of mid-January of this year. The flight hours far exceed any other MD Explorer in the fleet. The Air Operations... Read more
21-Feb-2010Source: Schweizer
Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a Sikorsky company, today at Heli-Expo honored EDRA Aeronáutica of Brazil for its contributions to law enforcement flight training through the use of S-300 series helicopters. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). EDRA has been a distributor for Sikorsky light helicopters since 1997 and has been... Read more
19-Feb-2010Source: The Advocate
The Police Department received the four-seat chopper — equipped with technology allowing police to track a fleeing suspect in the dark, a camera and a spotlight — in January... Read more
