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Airborne / Maritime

Airborne / Maritime — The Airborne / Maritime topic provides news articles, tips, and expert advice for police officers who want to learn the best ways to work with the police helicopters, airplanes, UAVs, marine patrol boats, and high-speed drug interdiction craft in their city, state, or region.

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Minn. deputy injured after rifle bullet strikes helicopter - The man fired at a helicopter the deputy was riding in Monday morning
Policing Matters Podcast: Tips for getting assigned to a specialized unit - Jim and Doug discuss how those units differ from patrol, and offer some keys to successfully making the transition to a specialized assignment
Anger alert: Cop told to dry-fire at colleague and 4 more stories that infuriated cops - Here's what sparked angry responses from our Facebook audience this week
Lessons from the SDHPD: 5 considerations for developing a marine patrol unit - The San Diego Harbor Police is a shining example of what a marine unit can be
Police: 1K to 2K 'unruly youths' shut down Ky. mall - Several law enforcement agencies converged on the mall along with K-9s and a helicopter
Trending Topics: When cops go airborne to save a life -
Oakley expands Prizm line with eyewear designed for water environments - Prizm technology features a formulated dye that "fine-tunes" colors in order to heighten the contrast between targets and surrounding objects
6 reminders about prisoner transport for maritime patrol - When your patrol unit is a boat, transports take on a whole different level of challenges — here are some reminders for marine/maritime units tasked with prisoner transport
Border Patrol helicopter fired upon, forced to land - Out of five shots believed to have been fired at the helicopter, two are confirmed to have hit their target
FBI behind mysterious surveillance aircraft over US cities - FBI said the flights are used for specific, ongoing investigations
Trending Topics: When cops respond to water disasters -
Dash cam shows moment plane crashes on Ga. interstate - New police dashcam video shows the aftermath of a deadly plane crash on an Atlanta-area highway earlier this month.
Vegas captain gets job back after giving copter ride to rock star - Former police captain who resigned rather than be demoted for helping a guitarist use PD's copter for a wedding proposal is poised to get his job back
A very lucky landing - This Canadian paratrooper caught a lucky break and managed to land without injury after being dropped into trees from a C-130.
NYC man charged with pointing laser at police helicopter - Federal authorities said pilots on board NYPD helicopter managed to pinpoint a particular Bronx apartment where they believed the laser had originated
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