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In 1968, the unit received its first turbine-powered helicopter, the Bell 206A JetRanger, which significantly decreased police response times. With a major expansion in 1974, the Helicopter Unit was renamed the Air Support Division. At that time, the ASD grew to fifteen helicopters and one Cessna 210 crewed by 77 sworn personnel. In 1976, the ...
Two months after an audit raised questions about the LAPD's helicopter program, the agency defended its nearly round-the-clock flights above the city.
The Piper Technical Center is also used as a parking lot for the LAPD motor pool including marked and unmarked units, vans, buses, motorcycles, and the V-100 SWAT armored cars. Hooper Heliport served as home base for the fictional police helicopter Blue Thunder in the 1983 motion picture of the same name , while construction of the heliport was ...
Two officers sustained minor injuries after a helicopter training session ended in an emergency landing around 1 p.m. Tuesday in the 4000 block of Doolittle Avenue in Los Alamitos.
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), the primary law enforcement agency of Los Angeles, California, United States, maintains and uses a variety of resources that allow its officers to effectively perform their duties. The LAPD's organization is complex with the department divided into bureaus and offices that oversee functions and manage ...
An LAPD helicopter circles over a skate park in the city and orders people leave or face arrest on Saturday. Video shows the helicopter circling and a voice over the tannoy saying: "The park is ...
LAPD officials say a total of 15 officers have been implicated so far. Two, who haven't been identified, have been directed to a disciplinary hearing, known as a board of rights, facing possible ...
The APCO phonetic alphabet, a.k.a. LAPD radio alphabet, is the term for an old competing spelling alphabet to the ICAO radiotelephony alphabet, defined by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International [1] from 1941 to 1974, that is used by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other local and state law enforcement agencies across the state of California and ...