NCJ Number
29881
Journal
ROTORWAYS Volume: 6 Issue: 4 Pages: 7-9
Date Published
Unknown
Length
3 pages
Annotation
THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT FINDS ITS HELICOPTERS TO BE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF POLICE SERVICE PROVISION AND THE TURBINE HELICOPTERS IT USES ARE COST-EFFECTIVE IN COMPARISON WITH PISTON HELICOPTERS.
Abstract
DEPARTMENT STATISTICS SHOW THAT WHEN HELICOPTERS RESPOND IN CONJUNCTION WITH GROUND UNITS, THE APPREHENSION RATE IS DOUBLED. DESPITE THEIR HIGH INITIAL COST AND HIGH HOURLY OPERATING COST, THE TURBINE-DRIVEN HELICOPTERS' GREATER SPEED ALLOWS THEM TO COVER AREAS THAT WOULD REQUIRE 40 PERCENT MORE PISTON HELICOPTERS AND TO REDUCE RESPONSE TIME APPRECIABLY.