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San Juan County Sheriff's Office  ›  SJCSO Public  ›  Aviation Missions  ›  Aviation Division News Moderators: Administrator Group, Moderators, Aviation Edits  Page: 1   Author    Aviation Division News   This thread currently has 1,530 views. grossr Posted: April 26th, 2006, 17:58:01 New Member (Minimal Posts) Reputation: 100.00% March 28, 2006. A second helicopter, a 1972 OH-58A+, tail number N917SJ, was placed into service with SJCSO. N917SJ was formerly registered as N1057Z with Albuquerque PD, where it served for several years. N917SJ will receive an avionics upgrade and a new paint job to match the new SJCSO patrol cars. April 5, 2006. A 100% federally funded FLIR 8500 stabilized thermal imager and low-light camera was installed on N917SJ. This gives us the ability to lock onto and track the thermal signature of buildings, people, and vehicles, whether moving or stationary. The thermal imager works during day and night and can detect the body heat of people through dense foliage, allowing us to quickly locate lost people, or fugitives. To see a video go to http://www.alea1.org/public/vids/files/tdps-rockwall.wmv (4.8MB). Attachment: n917sj_on_sjcso_helipad_march_28_2005_4567.jpg Size: 78.61 KB Attachment: flir_installation_april_5_2006_small_903.jpg Size: 62.24 KB Logged grossr Posted: May 3rd, 2006, 18:13:26 New Member (Minimal Posts) Reputation: 100.00% April 25, 2006. SWAT teams from the San Juan County Sheriff's Office, Farmington Police Department, Durango Police Department, and La Plata County Sheriff's Office attended classroom and flight training in airborne use-of-force. During the training SWAT officers are taught to shoot at targets using an AR-15 rifle from the back seat of the aircraft while in forward flight, and while at a hover. In addition, we ferried SWAT snipers to the top of a 900 foot cliff where they were able to conduct high angle shooting training. All training was conducted in remote areas. This was the first time that we had flown two aircraft simultaneously, and the first time our unit had flown in formation. Attachment: airborne_useofforce_6361.bmp Size: 576.05 KB Attachment: formation_flying_9858.bmp Size: 576.05 KB Attachment: high_angle_4291.bmp Size: 576.05 KB Logged Reply: 1 - 3 grossr Posted: May 3rd, 2006, 18:14:30 New Member (Minimal Posts) Reputation: 100.00% May 1 & 2, 2006. Several officers from the San Juan County Sheriff's Office and Farmington Police Department attended classroom and flight training in FLIR operation, conducted by FLIR Systems, Inc. FLIR operators will be on standby twenty four hours per day for callout, and will be required to maintain monthly proficiency in FLIR operation to remain on the active callout list. Logged Reply: 2 - 3 grossr Posted: September 22nd, 2006, 16:46:06 New Member (Minimal Posts) Reputation: 100.00% September 20, 2006 N917SJ returned from Kingman, AZ after having been repainted. We put our markings on her and placed her back in service. Attachment: pict00632_2816.jpg Size: 67.93 KB Logged Reply: 3 - 3  Page: 1 Locked Board Board Index  ›  Aviation Missions  [ previous | next ] Switch to: NewsFugitivesDaily Incident LogArrest ReportsAviation MissionsEmployment OpportunitiesFAQCivilian NewsEmployee ProfilesDepartment Statistics Forum Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post polls You may post attachments HTML is on Blah Code is on Smilies are on

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