What’s Inside a Police Helicopter?

[@wkdravenna]

Mike you flew over a sacred site, the horseshoe. Go bucks !

[@Joshuawalterdavis]

Go Blue

[@mikethecop]

I pinned this because I want people to have a battle over this in the comments for my entertainment. Let the games BEGIN!

[@wkdravenna]

Haha nice mike. Did you guys spot Brutus, hes nuts ! I remember once about 12 years ago I was in Columbus Downtown just passing through. I remeber one of those bears in the air flying over lighting up highs street with their spotlight. Pretty cool. I think that would be a lot of fun. Just to be clear, my favorite coach is Jim Hardbaugh, and I am a buckeye. We love that guy down here. I heard they love him up in East Lansing also.

[@bjs301]

wkdravenna That's cruel, but true. Go Bucks!

[@loganm881]

HELL YEAH, GO BUCKS

[@hoeruokamix]

Having a police helicopter land behind me would be both the coolest and most terrifying traffic stop ever.

[@mikethecop]

I know right! lol

[@ember_shep8181]

Aircop: Ohhhh, I see you like to speed do ya, try outrunning this Hellfire rocket.

[@stephanieann6622]

Since it wouldn't be a bad stop because I don't do stupid shit, I would ask for a look inside of it lol. I'm so fascinated with these and air med vacs

[@deblawson1575]

Hey mike GREAT VIDEO!!!! I really enjoyed it. I'm a retired firefighter/EMT. I GOT THE CHANCE TO RIDE ON A SCSO'S SNOHOMISH COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE )CHOPPER ONCE WHILE ON DUTY. AIRLIFT WAS UNAVAILABLE SO OUR BOYS IN BLUE CAME IN AND SAVED THE DAY. IT WAS JUST A SHORT HOP BUT I WAS SO STOKED THAT I GOT TO GO AND ATTEND THE PT. IN THE DISTRICT THAT I WORKED FOR FIRE AND COPS WORKED CLOSELY, THEY ALWAYS HAD OUR BACKS. PEOPLE DON'T GET IT BUT FIRE/EMS REALLY NEED !!!!!!!!!! OUR BOYS/GIRLS IN BLUE IN ORDER TO DO OUR JOBS. JUST A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WEAR THE BADGE THANK YOU FROM THIS FIREFIGHTER: I'M GREAT-FULL FOR ALL THE TIMES THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORE A BADGE WERE THERE DOING A VERY HARD JOB AND WATCHING MINE, MY CREW'S AND MY PT'S BACKS. GOD BLESS AND STAY SAFE.

[@XxSavageBearxX]

You out-did yourself this time, Mike. Great video! I'll make sure to never try a chase in my 42hp Geo Metro lmao

[@mikethecop]

Thanks!

[@fender10g]

damn dude--you film more professional-seeming interviews than most people that work for news media!

[@iispixiebeader]

BEST VIDEO EVERRRR!!! Love my chopper coppers!!! Guardian One, King County shout out!!!

[@Dsdcain]

Really good technical/behind the scenes video. Very good video. *:-)*

[@mikethecop]

Thanks we wanted to pack a lot in!

[@joerox6003]

I used to live in Columbus and now live outside of the county and I can tell you that these officers do a great service for the people of Columbus. Thanks Mike!

[@Hank..]

I'd never really thought of police choppers landing to assist ground units. That's pretty awesome. It's gotta be a huge aid to people on the ground, even just having eyes up there, seeing stuff you couldnt on the ground. Because there could be one gang member with two officers cornering him. Then guess what? Two cars are rolling up from a few blocks away to the scene to back up their friend. It could save officers from an ambush situation, just because someone had the vantage point

[@carstorm85]

It happens quite a bit surprisingly: kzbin.info?search_query=police+helicopter+lands+to+arrest+suspect (yes some vids are off topic but quite a few are on topic)

[@chunkywunky2679]

They do it a lot in other countries.

[@MrJRod891]

Last time I can remember a police chopper landed to assist patrol ground units was in Houston TX

[@Hawkeye-gw6hw]

Awesome video - very informative, thanks Mike the Cop

[@1582881]

Cops and aviation, two of the best things ever! Thanks Mike!

[@bharlan2002]

This was a well produced piece! Definitely better than many documentary KZbin channels.

[@michellehompertz2440]

Excellent video! Officer Howard gave really great explanations! Amazing all the TO is responsible to do. Keep up the great work, Mike!

[@lep38918]

I was a police officer for almost ten years working for a department inside the city of Columbus. I've had the Columbus Police helicopter respond to calls I made a few times when I was looking for armed suspects even though I was not an officer of CPD. The Columbus Police did back me up though. Anyway a time or two I swear I could feel heat from the helicopter spotlight when it was overhead. One time was on a cold winter night. I helped out a CPD helicopter piolet once when he was working special duty off duty. He said he would take me up in the CPD helicopter but never did. Oh well no big deal, I've rode in helicopters a few times before.

[@seansiquig]

love the editing towards the end in the helicopter! super awesome

[@scott_hanna]

Very well done video Mike. Thank you!

[@BeachesBeTrippin]

that was an awesome video brother !! thank you for sharing.

[@dfgiuy22]

That’s just chilled out and cool! Nice vid! People really forget what you can see from the sky

[@Fosi94]

Mr. Roger Howard seems to be a pretty solid cop. Amazing way to talk.

[@janaleonard4702]

awesome video! Great information! super job highlighting another piece of law enforcement!

[@monnathecat8400]

How cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@markfaunce7744]

Hay Mike you guys went above and beyond this time great video thank you guys

[@richardmiller3922]

Fantastic video Mike! I like to see when you mix with cops from other areas of the U.S.

[@bryandavis2812]

Edd Danaher is my hero!! He graduated with my dad. Started out as a patrol officer in my neighborhood clintonville. That man took good care of me growing up. He became a pilot then a trainer and the sergeant of the columbus police at the helliport. Go Edd!! Not sure but I know he doesn't want to retire lol..

[@jamescarroll6954]

One of the coolest names for a police helicopter service is around San Diego: Aerial Support to Regional Enforcement Agencies. ASTREA. Has a distinctive ring to it. Radio call is, for example, ASTREA ONE.

[@Justin_M]

Great video!!! I don't think any other police channel can top this one. Thanks for the great content.

[@deborrahdutra5599]

Great information thank you so much for sharing this VIDEO

[@sammysines471]

Very well done, sir. Thank you for what you do, I love your videos.

[@silicon212]

What a beautiful machine.

[@SilverSpoonRiche]

That was kinna awesome! Thanks for the video!

[@stevetimm1738]

Your Vids are great... informative,sometimes funny , other times very serious. Keep it up dude Kudos

[@mikethecop]

Thank Steve.

[@05373]

This was a very informative and entertaining video. Thanks

[@ricardofonseca7269]

Where are the rubber bullet miniguns?

[@user-ve8ry1xw8v]

Ricardo Fonseca they used them all on the blacks

[@mikethecop]

Yeah. Makes sense. *hard eyeroll

[@user-ve8ry1xw8v]

Mike The Cop yo it w As a joke lmao ahahahah

[@user-ve8ry1xw8v]

Mike The Cop I'm subscribing cause that was funny af

[@darthbane2503]

Hahahahaha

[@apotatoninja]

Thanks for doing this video, this has been a career I've been curious about for a while now

[@XPeteZ]

Please do more videos like this one! This is great stuff!

[@scottcooley5125]

Now this is one hell of a ride a long!

[@jakehoyer6152]

Awesome Video! I'd love to see more on Police Choppers!

[@giboranak]

Cool vid! Really enjoyed this one. Learned a thing or two as well. Thank you Mike!

[@donnas7240]

So these are the guys waking me up in the middle of the night. That spotlight is no joke.

[@hunord.9903]

Your videos are entertaining as always.

[@OGmanofculture]

great video, thanks keep it up!!!!

[@publicserviceannouncements2103]

At 10:33 R.I.P. headphone users.

[@Fosi94]

Cool video Mike!

[@redneckrollie9694]

Just got to say it's fucking hilarious how you pin the hate comments

[@mikethecop]

Thanks lol

[@redneckrollie9694]

Mike The Cop It really sends a big fuck you to the haters

[@sawtes]

I don’t like your rebel flag it’s distasteful. Lol

[@mikethecop]

LOL. I love the fact you follow my channel so closely. You know why? Because you're accomplishing the opposite of what you want. You're helping my channel to grow every view, every click, every comment. It's FANTASTIC. Invite your friends. Comment a simple, direct and relevant question to this video and I'll answer it. Wanna discuss something unrelated to the video? Email me: [e-mail] I'm happy to give you an answer. I just don't play around with foolish nonsense is all. You acting like a child like this in the comments doesn't deserve an answer :)

[@mikethecop]

And my email inbox is still empty. This video is about police helicopters. Ask a relevant question about the video here or email me.

[@kevinfoley7807]

Im glad you made this video, Mike! When I was a little boy my dream was to be pilot for police helicopters but unfortunately I got bad eyesight by the time and I'm not fit to be a pilot for helicopter.

[@mikethecop]

Yeah if you ever get a chance to ride in one definitely do it!

[@Dsdcain]

Kevin Foley I know what you mean about the dream of being a pilot dying as soon as you get that first pair of prescription glasses. :(

[@Dsdcain]

Mike The Cop Yeah riding in a helicopter kicks some serious ass. I liked the flying in the Huey better than the Blackhawk though. The little ones like you were in are really awesome. *:-D*

[@kevinfoley7807]

Mike, The Cop, Well, I hope so. I have to see what they do in my country Sweden.

[@kevinfoley7807]

Dsdcain Having a bad eyesight kills many dreams :/

[@msgtpauldfreed]

Very nice. I've ridden in a couple of helicopters (a Huey and a Special Ops MH-53J Pave Low) during my Air Force career. Being a fixed wing maintainer I've always joked "Why would you want to fly in an airplane that has to beat the Air into submission? ", but both rides were totally a blast.

[@TheLoachman]

Why would anybody want to fly a seized-wing aircraft? They are so limited.

[@dycer21]

How have I watched so many of your videos and not know you were in Columbus Ohio? That's my home town, I live in NC now but grew up on the north side of Columbus.

[@jamessawley213]

My father has a similar one (an OH6 "loach") that was previously owned by the sheriff's and something interesting is that the rear has patched holes. This is because before it was a sheriff's ride it was in Vietnam getting shot and because it's 2000 feet in the air, by the time the 762X39 bullet aimed at the pilot hit, it was in a different place.

[@Tom-zs6bb]

Would that one be N174EC?

[@KirkHermary]

Very cool Mike!

[@manxhu6610]

Wow, very cool and educational video. Thanks. :)

[@ТомасАндерсон-в1е]

I feel like the flashlight on the chopper is much more efficient as a weapon than a gun - you can use it in the air for one. And it is less than lethal, while rendering bad guys blind for a couple minutes/hours/life

[@theguyintheworks8838]

Damn that thing is smaller than I thought.

[@mikethecop]

Very tight fit.

[@user-ve8ry1xw8v]

Mike The Cop that's what she said!!!

[@blondie839]

Thank you so much for the behind the scenes tour!! Very interesting! Xo from Canada... here in Ontario most of our forces do not have helicopters available.. so this is great to see. Would have liked to ask this officer how they deal with News helicopters that always seem be buzzing their incidents. It never looks safe with all those whirly birds but I guess they manage.. (More videos like this please) #BackTheBlue

[@mikethecop]

They have a radio for air traffic. It's all dealt with through radio transmissions and clearances for flights, etc.

[@blondie839]

Mike The Cop yes I figured as much... I just think it might piss them off on occasion. Because our police here don't generally have the use of a copter but every single news or radio station does, the one law enforcement helicopter is usually outnumbered greatly. As a pilot it has to be an irritation having to deal with the news hounds too.

[@TheLoachman]

I flew the Peel Region (Brampton and Mississauga) Police helicopter trial in the last half of 1999 and the Toronto Police helicopter trial in the last half of 2000. We never had a problem with news helicopters. Partially, that was due to most of our work being done at night, and partially because of altitude separation - we were lower at a scene. From what I saw, they also tended to hover (in order to maintain a fixed rather than constantly-rotating picture), which, combined with their higher altitude, made them easy to see and their positions easy to track. Commercial helicopters are highly restricted at night - then, at least, commercial operations were not even permitted under Canadian Aviation Regulations. News helicopters only had daylight cameras as well, so were of no use at night anyway.

[@themikeroberts]

As Theloachman said, news helicopter always fly significantly higher than police helicopters so the police chopper doesn't have to worry too much. But the news helicopters sure have to worry - there can be 4 or 5 news choppers all at similar altitude all wanting the best angle so they have to be super aware of where each other are.

[@adamm1902]

Awesome video!!!!

[@jderpz23]

They should attach milspec unit transport platforms to the side of one like military helos, and have that helo dedicated to swat teams.

[@hugomazoco]

Awesome!

[@DemonKing480]

This is really cool Mike. Thank you for sharing this with us :)

[@andrewruch4806]

Thanks for the cool video Mike. What is the song at the end, during the helicopter ride?

[@VanillaGorilla502]

Great video

[@Superdooperparatrooper]

Pretty cool!

[@mississippidrifter5960]

Very nice, agile and stable bird

[@keenanwalker6597]

As always mike a pleasure to watch. I wonder how long it takes them to get up in there air after receiving a call.

[@mikethecop]

thank you kind sir.

[@mikethecop]

When the aviation unit is working they go in 2 hour shifts alternating choppers. So that one is always up taking over for the other.

[@keenanwalker6597]

Mike The Cop no thank you sir. And that makes sense.

[@sroutte20]

Living in Columbus I can say that the chopper is up and around town all the time, they do amazing work

[@740TRD_4r]

Depends on shift, during day there is always a bird in the air

[@ishaan2707]

you and officer401 are the best youtubers.

[@Badassunlocked]

Ishaan Gautam and donut operator.. never forget!

[@datsunz152]

That is a ridiculously fun looking job

[@andrewgarkusha6761]

That 30.000.000cd light seriously humiliated my 55.000cd self-defense flashlight lol

[@Timothy-NH]

Very cool, Mike, I've always been curious about the set up of a police helicopter. The only agency here in NH that has one, I belive, is state police. They have a Bell 407, they also have a Cessna airplane that they use for speed enforcement.

[@shaneisaboss]

Timothy Courtemanche Columbus has I believe 5 or 6 helicopters in their aviation unit.

[@Ms2mark]

Exceptional works fellas. Mike good questions. Good cameraman work low-paid-producer/cameraman.

[@atlasomega420]

10:38 THATS THE SOUND O DA POLICE!

[@RocketScientist]

haha "Dispatch, Air 1... traffic stop..." "uhhhhh... go ahead?"

[@ColdCanuck50]

11:52 I guess you managed to go inverted after all lol Nice upside-down picture of the city, Mike...how many frames did you insert?

[@gotbordercollies]

Great video - it would have been nice to know how many hours a day (weather permitting are they on patrol)

[@mikethecop]

I think like 12-16.

[@andrewoldham8978]

They do 4 hour shifts in the air and there is always one in the air except a few hours every morning from like 5-11 or something like that.

[@meganteachout734]

Thanks for the video!! I work for a Sheriff's Department about 1 1/2 hours from Columbus. I really enjoyed this video!! Question.. what is your opinion about Correctional Officers and being considered Law Enforcement. You may have answered this before but I didnt see it. I have been a CO for about 3 years. I know that we (COs) get a lot of slack avout being wanna be cops. There are officers that also treat us like lower then themselves because we are are the jail. What are your feelings about COs? I am a wanna be for real though lol. I am hoping to become a Deputy soon lol.

[@samwagner31]

I would think that having a helicopter land during a one on one fight would be the ultimate diversion. Best to take advantage of it and use your finishing move lol

[@larrymcjones]

To quote my main man Chief Keef "that's that shit I do like"

[@dysmas1]

Very interesting video!

[@VeryBeowulf]

FIRST!!! Love your vids Mike!

[@TaylorHewittMusic]

This is what I want to do hopefully one day! Have my first interview with my department on Wednesday.. hope it works out!

[@NeoDarkness]

So how did it go?

[@SteveHoover69]

Tazer Harpoon needs to be added on there!!

[@casams1992]

BADASS!!!

[@Superdooperparatrooper]

I know I'm old, but what song did you dub into the flying segment? I dig it.

[@gunfumaster1024]

"Speed limit enforced by aircraft" "58 in a 55 zone? Take him out!!" *drops DJAM*

[@sawtes]

I want to do a ride along in a heli

[@doctorbrown2313]

Wicked video brudah..

[@adhouston99]

Lol, I could almost see my house when you flew by Hoover Dam!

[@bakerRebuilds]

Straight up thought this was a grand theft auto video and I was like ehh. Noticed it’s mike the cop “Hell yeah im watching that!”

[@qwmf05gcpt42]

great vid!

[@BigBrownMemes]

When you're hyped to get a helicopter tour of the city, but you realize that city is Columbus Ohio

[@2KCamaroZ28SS]

How do we do a ride along with them? What a cool experience

[@vicerichter1163]

the pilot literally has the cleanest looking glasses ever rofl. Looking like an NPC straight out of a videogame xd

[@galletitaorozco2846]

Love it

[@einar8019]

here in stockholm, sweden we have had police helis since 1964 and curently they use Bell 429

[@delha7159]

The tac is like the whole ATC tower

[@skip123davis]

cool video!

[@benjaminh9081]

Great video Mike! (And under paid producer) you officer, get a like

[@DivineDawn]

IT HAS A SIREN!!!!!! how cool is that?

[@Quoodle1]

I can tell you from experience, operating multiple radios is a full time job in and of itself. I wouldn't fault anyone who can't cut it as a tactical flight officer.

[@clayblanchard7551]

How'd you get into Columbus? You didn't tell them that you were from "up north" did you?

[@hllboi817]

Damn, that looks like a heli on a budget, u should see the NYPD ones

[@barneyeckert9702]

Is this chopper equipped with water rescue capabilities?

[@ccccampbell03]

Cool cop!!!