helicopter patrol
Hovering police watch
A helicopter patrol is surveillance or monitoring conducted from a helicopter, typically by police, military, or border security: The helicopter patrol spotted the suspects fleeing on foot.
The term can refer to the activity itself or to the unit conducting it.
Traffic helicopters and search-and-rescue operations perform similar aerial patrols.
- chopperRotorcraft or cleaver
- news chopperAircraft broadcasting live coverage
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- airborneTraveling through air
- rotorSpinning mechanical assembly
searchlight · hovering · police · air support · coastguard · rescue · blades · flyover · pursuit · spotting · aerial · whirring · dispatch · scanner · thermal · heat signature · night vision · sweep
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On-foot police monitoring
street patrol · walking beat · mounted patrol · horse patrol · marine patrol
helicopter patrolguard tower
Elevated post for sentries
watchtower · checkpoint · sentry post · observation post · gatehouse
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