As crime rises and budgets are slashed, police are taking to the air to keep one step ahead of the criminals. With first-time access to the National Police Air Service’s operation centre and state-of-the-art helicopters equipped with the latest technology, the programme joins this unique borderless network of police helicopters as they are dispatched to the country’s most critical incidents, from high-speed car chases to catching criminals in the dead of night.
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999 Britain From Above
September 30, 2019
October 7, 2019
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A look at how the police use military drones to locate vulnerable missing people in impossible to reach places. Plus, behind the scenes with airborne fire fighters and a look at some of the fastest air ambulances currently in use, which race against the clock to get patients to hospital when every second counts.
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