May 2012 - Police Aviation News
May 2012 - Police Aviation News
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<strong>Police</strong> <strong>Aviation</strong> <strong>News</strong> <strong>May</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 2<br />
PAN—<strong>Police</strong> <strong>Aviation</strong> <strong>News</strong> is published monthly by POLICE AVIATION RESEARCH, 7 Windmill<br />
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Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Captain Jim Di Giovanna [right] in a group with Jarat Ford<br />
(Lexington), Major Tareq from Traffic, and Jerry Litton (pilot) and a group from the CID / Traffic police<br />
who took part in the '<strong>Police</strong> Air Support Tactical Integration and Training.' [ADP]<br />
AIR WING: In recent weeks US ALEA Representative Jim di Giovanna has been in the<br />
region working with the police air wing and the Lexington Group who act as outside trainers.<br />
The Abu Dhabi <strong>Police</strong> Air Wing (ADPAW) run a fleet of eight Bell 412 and eight<br />
AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters tasked with VVIP transport, EMS, SAR and <strong>Police</strong> operations.<br />
They have a staff of some sixty pilots with eleven crewmen and five EO/IR operators.<br />
Aircraft tasking and utilisation reflects the low crime rates of the Emirates.<br />
The Lexington Group have been working with the ADPAW since 2010 and in addition to an<br />
extensive aircrew training programme, have been running annual trips to UK Air Support<br />
Units.<br />
At the end of June members of the Air Wing will be going to Newcastle in the UK to do<br />
some instructor training and coincidentally escaping the worst of the summer temperatures<br />
Cover: After the successful funding and completion of two hospital emergency landing pads - one onsite at Southampton<br />
General Hospital and the other at Oswestry Spinal Injuries hospital - the HELP Appeal is now looking for further helipad projects<br />
at key A&E hospitals across the country.
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