NCJ Number
37
Date Published
1968
Length
119 pages
Annotation
HELICOPTER PATROL PROVIDES A CRIME ABATEMENT POTENTIAL UNMATCHED BY ANY OTHER DIRECT METHODOLOGY.
Abstract
THE HELICOPTER AERIAL SURVEILLANCE PATROL PROJECT DEMONSTRATES DAY AND NIGHTTIME OPERATIONS, OFFICERS CAN BE INSTANTANEOUSLY AVAILABLE AT THE SCENE OF AN EMERGENCY, THAT ROUTINELY AND ALMOST CONSTANTLY THEY ARE IN A POSITION TO OBSERVE OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS AND CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN BACK-UP TO FIELD UNITS. PRIMARY GOALS OF THE PROJECT WERE IMPROVEMENT OF POLICE RESPONSE TIME, DEMONSTRATION OF DAYTIME SURVEILLANCE METHODS, INITIATION OF EFFECTIVE NIGHTTIME SURVEILLANCE, INCREASED PATROL OBSERVATION, INCREASED OFFICER SECURITY, AND REDUCTION OF CRIME IN THE PROJECT AREA. THE PROJECT DEMONSTRATES THAT THESE GOALS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY AN AERIAL POLICE UNIT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EXISTING GROUND UNITS, WITHOUT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS AND RADIO CARS AT THE PACE FOUND NECESSARY TODAY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)