PROJECT SKY KNIGHT - A DEMONSTRATION IN AERIAL SURVEILLANCE AND CRIME CONTROL - FINAL REPORT AND EVALUATION REPORT

• NCJ Number: 48
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 236 pages
• Grant Number(s): OLEA-198
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Los Angeles Cty Sheriff's Dept
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

HELICOPTER PATROL PROVIDES A CRIME ABATEMENT POTENTIAL UNMATCHED BY ANY OTHER DIRECT METHODOLOGY.

Abstract

EXPANSIVE OBSERVATIONAL ADVANTAGES, COUPLED WITH UNMATCHED RESPONSE, SPEEDS INCREASED OFFICER PRESENCE WITHOUT INCREASING OFFICER MANPOWER DEMANDS. THE CONCEPT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED UNDER CAREFUL INTERNAL AND INDEPENDENT EVALUATION. ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE MANY AND VARIED, INDICATIVE THAT A TOOL HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WHICH STRIKES UNIVERSAL POLICING PROBLEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE IMPACT AND IS READILY ADAPTABLE TO RENDERING SERVICE IN A MULTITUDE OF SINGULAR COMMUNITY PROBLEMS. THE IMPORT OF THIS VEHICLE'S CONTINUING EFFECT UPON THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT OF OUR SOCIETY CANNOT BE OVERLOOKED. LAW ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATORS MUST RECOMMEND AND EMPLOY ALL AVAILABLE MEANS TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE PROTECTION TO THE CITIZENS OF THEIR COMMUNITY. IF THIS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT HAS DONE NOTHING BEYOND POINTEDLY CHALLENGING LAW ENFORCEMENT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EVER IMPROVED SERVICE, THEN IT HAS ATTAINED A TRULY SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF SUCCESS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)