Law Enforcement gets eye in the sky: Part 1

February 6, 2010 Special Report    Print    Email this Article   1 Comment

Law enforcements eyes in the sky are called on for all sorts of situations…From drug smugglers to missing persons. And the one thing they all say is…There is no such thing as a typical day on the job,

“there is no typical day. We can go from a search and rescue, searching for an Alzheimers patient, a lost child to a law enforcement action in a moments notice”
On June 22 2009 fox 2 cameras rolled as police desperately searched for 2 year old Liliana Hasmin.

It was past 11 at night when according to police the 2 year old’s father had kidnapped and threatened to kill the toddler after an argument with his wife.

“we are on call 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Its the best job in the world. These air crews go through a lot of testing, a lot of training, they can shift gears and change missions in a moments notice, sometimes they have to reconfigure the helicopters to do that, its very intense and the guys that do this job…Well their heart is in it”
Fox2 joined Lt. Holland for a ride along the Rio Grande river to get a first hand on what a day on the job might bring about.

“we don’t go to Mexico, we go to the Rio Grande river boundary, this where our jurisdiction ends. We do communicate with Mexican authorities and exchange information from time to time.
It was a calm Sunday when in a matter of moments we spotted a man swimming across the river.

DPS cameras zoomed in for a closer look and captured three men trying to swim across into the united states. Lt. Holland reported to border patrol agents arriving of their location

“this job is unique because our pilots and air crew are troopers at heart. They love to fly. They get the best of both worlds, they can do their job as law enforcement officers.