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Police Helicopter

The police in Derbyshire share the helicopter with the police in Nottinghamshire.

• The helicopter is on call 365 days a year.
    
• The helicopter is full of useful equipment to help the police officers.  

In the pictures on this page, you can find out more about our police helicopter and its equipment.

Patrolling above Derby Here is a picture of our police helicopter looking over the city of Derby to make sure people and traffic are all right.

Looking for suspects In this picture we are hovering over an area. We are looking for people we suspect are criminals.

Close up This picture opposite shows the police helicopter close up.

The office We call the seating space on board the helicopter our 'office'. In this picture, you can see what the inside of the helicopter looks like from the back seat.

Radios and dials These are the controls that the pilot uses on board the helicopter.

Video/thermal image camera This camera can record in full colour during the day. At night, it records by thermal imaging - which means it records images by picking up the different sources of heat.   The camera is great when we want to search for missing or wanted people. The camera has a very powerful zoom allowing us to read a car number plate from 250 metres away.

Downlink transmitter This piece of equipment allows signals from the camera to be sent to a building on the ground called the 'base station'. People at the base station can then read the signals and keep up-to-date with what is happening in the air.

The boot The helicopter is now capable of carrying extra equipment on board by opening the clam shell doors at the back. This is where patients on the stretcher are placed - so the helicopter can fly them to hospital.

More equipment On the left side of this picture, you can see the defibrillator. This helps people who have suffered from a heart attack.   In the centre, you can see the medical bag. The police use this to give first aid.   On the right is the stretcher.

On the way to hospital This picture shows a person being put onto the stretcher ready to be airlifted to hospital.

Search light This huge spotlight has the same brightness as 30 million candles. It is connected to a motor and can search from left to right or up and down.   The beam of light is powerful enough to cover a large area similar to the size of a football pitch. It can also be focused on a single person.

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