Police Aviation News June 2011
Police Aviation News June 2011
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<strong>Police</strong> <strong>Aviation</strong> <strong>News</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>2011</strong> 6<br />
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES<br />
ABU DHABI: Since 2009 the AD <strong>Police</strong> Air Wing has<br />
been running police training courses for their pilots and<br />
aircrew of the Abu Dhabi <strong>Police</strong> (ADP) Air Wing. The<br />
courses take the best international police air support<br />
techniques and refine them for operations in the unique<br />
environment of the United Arab Emirates. The instructors<br />
involved are mainly drawn from the United Kingdom and<br />
the United States, former senior police aircrew.<br />
Five members of the Abu Dhabi <strong>Police</strong> Air Wing<br />
(ADPAW) visited units in the UK recently. The five, accompanied<br />
by consultants from Lexington Security Group<br />
consultants, included Brigadier Ali Al Mazroui and two<br />
newly qualified pilots with the unit who have just been<br />
through a Tactical Flight Officers course in Abu Dhabi<br />
and were able to see first hand how the UK undertake<br />
observer operations and how the crews work together.<br />
The ten-day visit took in the three EC145 helicopter<br />
equipped Metropolitan <strong>Police</strong> Air Support Unit at Lippitts<br />
Hill north of London and the EC135P2+ equipped Cleveland<br />
<strong>Police</strong> on Teesside in the North East. The latter is<br />
equipped with an evolution of the camera system used by<br />
ADP Air Wing crews. A little over ten<br />
hours operational flying was undertaken<br />
with both units.<br />
The visit had 3 main aims: To build<br />
on existing relationships between<br />
UK and ADP Air Support Units.<br />
Brigadier Ali Al Mazroui had the lead<br />
on this and would have a personal<br />
meeting and discussions with the<br />
Commander of the Metropolitan <strong>Police</strong><br />
ASU, Inspector Phil Whitelaw.<br />
To increase the Air Support tactical<br />
knowledge and equipment handling<br />
skills of selected ADP aircrews by a<br />
series of ground lessons and operational<br />
flights. To give the selected<br />
ADP crews exposure to a wide array<br />
of world class operational equipment<br />
and Air Support techniques.<br />
[ADPAW]<br />
Above : Inspector Phil Whitelaw [Metro ASU] exchanges<br />
gifts with Brigadier Ali Al Mazroui at Lippitts Hill. Later in<br />
the visit, one of the ADPAW visitors is seen with Tony<br />
Welch [Cleveland <strong>Police</strong>] and former UK police pilot Jim<br />
Martin, now a trainer with the ADPAW.<br />
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