POLICE HELICOPTER: Haynes Operations Manual

Delivering air support for law enforcement, here are brilliant insights into police aviation in GB, the Metropolitan Police Air Support Unit, police helicopter aircrews, equipment and tactics. They cover terrorist attacks, royal weddings and state occasions, US presidential visits, the London Riots of 2011, the Olympic Games of 2012, a transition into MPAS and all about the pilots, crew training and tactical flight officers. Then we take a detailed look at enclosed area searching, vehicle pursuits, ASU liaison role, Eagle One, using infrared and the electromagnetic spectrum. There are case studies and a look at maintenance, recruitment, media and PR. As we expect from Haynes manuals, there are hundreds of colour photographs, maps, many overlayed with diagrammatic lines, and explanations of the Met's EC145 helicopters which take to the skies over London for around 2700 flying hours each year and attend around 7500 operational tasks. Brandon describes the evolution of police aviation plus the Wescam MX15 camera, Skyforce Observer Moving Map, Video Management System, Vislink Digital Downlink, and Airwave Digital Police Radio. With exciting case studies, 200 colour photos and illus., many in print for the first time. 180pp.