I don't recall that anyone observed any police helicopters. All the
reports were that they were TV helicopters, and they were up for long after
the suspects were nabbed.
In a message dated 7/29/02 6:33:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 02:45:14PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> First, I think we would all agree that we support police helicopter
> noise in a situation like this. But it reminds me of the laser show
> on Broad Street for the millenium. The city surely spent lots of
> many, and some people surely did lots of work to present the
> show. But the performance was ruined by the helicopters hovering
> overhead who totally annihilated the sound accompaniment part of the
> show.
I'm not so convinced about police helicopters. (That is, I'm not sure
we'd all agree.) Do they really catch people better by helicopter than
by having beat cops walking the streets, etc? Would that kid have been
kidnapped at all, for example, if there'd been a cop walking nearby,
or likely to have been?
U.S. law enforcement often makes the argument that they just need more
fire power to keep us safe. I don't hear them justify that
assertion.
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