Crowd control by heli...
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I always remember seeing a beach riot on TV somewhere in CA and the cops were using a 206 to fly at people to try and scatter them. What other methods of crowd control, maybe not so reckless, can be used to contain/disperse crowds of people ? Has a water cannon ever been mounted on a heli or fire fighting machines used for this purpose ?
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I've seen the AH64 used for crowd control once, hang a 4-ship at 500ft about 200 meters away, and the crowd tuned back!
(In Bosnia, but h***l, it might work in CA too!
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The PA system has often been used, perhaps not so much for crowd control, but certainly for crowd advice.
The old Met 222's had a connection whereby an incoming Police radio call could be relayed live over the PA, so that a ground commander could issue a dispersal message directly via the helicopter. The switch is still there in other UK police fits on all the PA/Siren panels I've seen but is no longer connected that way.
The old Met 222's had a connection whereby an incoming Police radio call could be relayed live over the PA, so that a ground commander could issue a dispersal message directly via the helicopter. The switch is still there in other UK police fits on all the PA/Siren panels I've seen but is no longer connected that way.
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Best crowd control would be via the use of 2.75 inch rockets with Flechettes. May not be polictically correct though.
The beach scene as mentioned above was, I believe, Huntington Beach Police Department in Southern California. They did utilize the Hughes 500. I dont know what they use at this time. It could have been others but HB is notorious for big problems on crowded beaches.
The beach scene as mentioned above was, I believe, Huntington Beach Police Department in Southern California. They did utilize the Hughes 500. I dont know what they use at this time. It could have been others but HB is notorious for big problems on crowded beaches.
One could get Erickson Sky Crane to send Elvis or Bubba down with their nose mounted water cannon....spray purple water to mark the crowd....now that would be a sight!
Was once tasked to fly a Fire Bucket sortie (pre-Bambi) in a Wessex to help sort out a riot at Stanley Prison in HK. Didn't launch in the end; we managed to persuade the tasking authority that 1200 lbs of anything being dropped from a height is potentially lethally OTT.
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"we managed to persuade the tasking authority that 1200 lbs of anything being dropped from a height is potentially lethally OTT."
To digress a bit, thats a very true story. Back in my early days when TBMS, F7Fs, B-17s etc were used in fire work I have certainly seen the "Ball" not break before hitting the ground and uprooting trees. It has also been fatal to more than one forest worker.
But in a Prison??, collateral damage is OK...........
To digress a bit, thats a very true story. Back in my early days when TBMS, F7Fs, B-17s etc were used in fire work I have certainly seen the "Ball" not break before hitting the ground and uprooting trees. It has also been fatal to more than one forest worker.
But in a Prison??, collateral damage is OK...........
