Heli-Ops Posted September 19, 2002 Report Share Posted September 19, 2002 Can anyone enlighten us on who the oldest law enforcement units are in the United States. Heli Ops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dmeyer Posted September 22, 2002 Report Share Posted September 22, 2002 I'm pretty sure that that would be NYPD. I believe that they sent an officer to Bell Helicopter in upstate NewYork to get his license in a Bell 47,in the late '40's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EAGLE1 Posted September 22, 2002 Report Share Posted September 22, 2002 According to the book "Helicopters, a Contemporary History" distributed by H.A.I. the NYPD was the first law enforcement agency to obtain a helicopter in 1948. I believe LAPD and LASO followed shortly after. These helicopters were used for various special functions, but not for routine patrol. I believe the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept was the first agency to use a helicopter for routine patrol during the day and night in 1966 with project "Sky Knight". The "Sky Knight" program is still operating today, 30 plus years later, virtually unchanged since it's inception. dmeyer, thanks for answering up in this forum. I was begining to think I was the only law enforcement type visiting the site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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