Airborne and Maritime
The Airborne and Maritime section covers the integration of aerial and marine units in law enforcement, including drones, helicopters and maritime operations.
A sheriff’s office dive team trains in the chilly lakes of Michigan
A California Highway Patrol chopper waits to evacuate a patient after a head-on collision
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (aka drones) provide a reliable, rugged and economical aerial surveillance that can fly in conditions too dangerous for helicopter pilots
The helicopter pilot, who was responding to a call, had to make an emergency landing
The crash is under investigation
Sheriff Leon Lott conducts a routine patrol operation from a UH-1H Huey helicopter over South Carolina
The agency said this will expand its “operational readiness,” while critics decried it as unconstitutional surveillance
New South Wales police search for a missing person near a remote village in the Australian bush
Four National Guardsmen found themselves trapped after battling the Bear Fire, officials said
The 6-year-old boy with special needs was spotted lying in the forest near his house
A hooded man suspected of stealing a houseboat was apprehended along the river near Minneapolis, officials said
A sheriff’s office helicopter was in flight when the pilot received an alert from his house, which showed a teen trying to break into his car
The firefighters were trapped on a ridgeline and couldn’t escape the advancing Woodward Fire, the sheriff’s office said
The teens were arrested and charged following an air pursuit
The police helicopter crashed into an apartment complex
“This limited form of aerial surveillance does not constitute a ‘search’ under the Fourth Amendment, nor does it burden First Amendment speech activities”
The drone can detect and display heart and respiratory rates and will be used to track and stem the spread of COVID-19
The man started a fire and spelled out ‘HELP’ with sticks to alert authorities he was stuck on a remote island
Police officials say the drone will be ‘another tool in the toolbox’ in the department’s response to COVID-19
The program will collect images of the city to aid investigations, which activists argue infringes on citizen’s First and Fourth Amendment rights
Police in Daytona Beach and Elizabeth have been using drones with automated messages designed to disperse crowds while maintaining social distancing
The program will collect images of the city to aid investigations and will pay for research to study if the program impacts the city’s crime rate
Terry Kielisch faces life in prison for firing at the helicopter he “didn’t like” flying near his home
Officials said they can’t remember a time when they had been called to remove an animal from an airport runway
Officials say CHP is investigating several reports of lasers hitting military and civilian aircraft over the past few days
The Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration have both denied having any information about the aircraft
Groups of drones have been spotted at night flying in grid-like patterns over parts of Colorado and Nebraska
The flights will start in May and gather footage during the hours when the city experiences high rates of crime
Prosecutors allege that the devices found in the man’s possession connect him to explosions that had disturbed the community
UAS offer public safety a tool that can bridge the gap between spaces that are too high to reach with a ladder, and too low for manned aviation to be effective
Berke M.M. Bates and H. Jay Cullen had been monitoring the “Unite the Right” rally on Aug. 12, 2017, before their helicopter crashed
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