My ride in a police helicopter

We watch a police chase from a police helicopter above the action

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Police
• helicopter
• chase
• cops

[TheGatman101]

the spotlight is useless.... why havnt this heli got infrared yet?

[Odonataman]

3:34, the pilots demonstrated their FLIR system for me. The spot light wasn't used as a search tool, but I would guess to assist the officers who were fumbling in the dark. Kind of makes you wish you had watched the whole video before you asked, doesn't it? :)

[TheGatman101]

i figure the spotlight would be dangerous to shine on highway drivers..... however the forward looking infra red camera would see em better and not cause crashes

[Odonataman]

They just used the spotlight to get the drivers attention. Because they were high above, no one got a light in the face or anything, it just became daytime for them.  Maybe a little startling, but the only affect should be to slow them down, which was the idea.

[bearkillr]

they were flying pretty low werent they?

[Odonataman]

I thought it would be cool to start the video as we were taking off, so it literally shows the pavement from several feet off the ground. After that, we went lower whenever we were looking for suspects or supporting ground units.

[adam3176]

cool vid man

[Jakeequa]

@TheGatman101 The police helicopters do have a infrared system called a Flir. And the spotlight on these things are called night sun's.

[JSkating2]

Ive been spotted by a copter before. The light is so cool

[notar1]

@cadetkvn really ? how much

[beaman220]

Haha the guy driving at the end all drove away.

[SonicRyan]

4:35 thats sweet!