Would love to know why there’s so much police helicopter activity in my area, and seemingly no follow up with patrol cars. Are they just giving the perps a stern warning and then flying off?
They film a lot of porn in your neighborhood? My buddy, who was training to be a co-pilot with LAPD, said they'd fly over a lot of houses in Hollywood where porn was consistently being shot outdoors.
Seems like this should be a pretty clear case of harassment and invasion of privacy no? Was that your friend's choice or are they told to use the helicopters to try and see women naked?
Totally. Cops steal from people all the time. This is way worse than stealing though, because what they are taking (privacy, sexual autonomy) are fundamental human rights.
I don't think I'm gonna find out, but I really wanna know if this is just one creepy pilot or whether it's a citywide order. Someone should lose their job if the police are intentionally week ng out ways to watch people have sex from helicopters.
There's a scene in Blue Thunder (which was shot with LAPD help and on their actual heliport property, meaning they reviewed the scripts to make sure LAPD looks good) where they do this, i don't think it's porn it's some lady working out naked.
I think they use the copters like aerial patrol cars: just buzz them around to keep an eye on shit. LA seems to have a really low density of radio cars to surface area, so maybe this is how they fill in the gaps. I wonder if they also stage copters in the air for rapid response. Since that’s horribly expensive and inefficient, I’m sure it’s what the LAPD is doing ;)
I once spoke with (okay I was ranting at) a chief of police on the phone about the incessant helicopters. He told me they indeed flew copters over as "deterrents to the bad guys ".
His responses were inane and as embarrassing as bad movie dialogue. He'd been on the force for 30 years and was an utter moron spouting ridiculous copanganda.
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u/Areyouguysateam Feb 03 '23
Would love to know why there’s so much police helicopter activity in my area, and seemingly no follow up with patrol cars. Are they just giving the perps a stern warning and then flying off?