16-Nov-2021Source: Info Security Magazine
Video apparently stolen from American law enforcement agencies in Texas and Georgia has been leaked online by transparency collective Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets). The collective shared 1.9TB of data it says consists of 600 hours of aerial surveillance footage taken by police helicopters in and around Dallas, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia. See Full Story. ... Read more
14-Dec-2015Source: WFAA
The Dallas police helicopter unit is effectively going blind. See Full Story... Read more
30-Mar-2015Source: The Dallas Morning News
Dallas police see their two helicopters as crime fighters, but city budget officials envision another potential role for the aircraft: money makers. See Full Story... Read more
23-Mar-2015
Bird strike while conducting low level search at night over a lake. Helicopter landed safely with a hole in the windshield... Read more
16-Mar-2015
On patrol at 600′ AGL flying south along Interstate 45 over the Trinity River struck two ducks. Landed safely with minor damage... Read more
15-Jun-2014
Emergency landing in park, possibly due to mechanical issue... Read more
24-Apr-2014Source: CBS DFW
Senior Corporal Elizabeth “Libby” Cotner in 1994 became the department’s first and only female helicopter pilot. See full story... Read more
25-May-2011Source: Wasp Barcode Technologies
Wasp Barcode Technologies, a leading provider of small business productivity solutions, today announced that the City of Dallas’ Department of Intergovernmental Services, a city division that manages and purchases Homeland Security equipment, has deployed Wasp’s automated asset tracking solution to help manage grant funded assets. Wasp MobileAsset – Professional Software has supplied the city with... Read more
4-Feb-2011Source: Donaldson
While thousands enjoy one of the sports world’s most popular annual events, air crews with the Dallas Police Department’s (DPD) Helicopter Unit will be patrolling the skies over this year’s Super Bowl. On every flight, while these airborne law enforcers carry out their vital public safety missions, Inlet Barrier Filters (IBFs) from Donaldson Aerospace &... Read more
5-Jan-2011Source: United Rotorcraft Solutions
United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS) recently delivered upgraded Bell 206B3’s helicopters to the City of Dallas, TX Police Department. The upgrades, made possible by a federal grant that was recently awarded to the police department, included BMS digital video microwave system, upgrade of existing L-3 Wescam camera systems and auto-tracking, Avalex digital video recorder upgrades, and... Read more
10-Oct-2010Source: WFAA
Dallas Police operate two Bell 206s from 2006 and one Bell 407 from 2007. Maintenance costs are cited in the City’s decision to dispose... Read more
30-Aug-2010Source: United Rotorcraft Solutions
United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS) has been awarded the helicopter upgrades bid for the Dallas Police Department’s Bell 206B3’s. The upgrades include BMS digital video microwave systems for both aircraft, upgrade of existing L-3 Wescam camera systems and auto-tracking, Avalex digital video recorder upgrades, and AFS engine inlet barrier filters. URS will also provide downlink equipment... Read more
27-Feb-2009
27-Feb-09 N2592T Bell B407 Lancaster, US-Texas... Read more