POLICE Department

Air Support

The Air Support Division provides airborne law enforcement services to citizens and law enforcement officers in the Greater Houston area. The Air Support Division provides Support for high speed pursuits with high definition FLIR video for prosecution, call for service response (burglary in progress, missing persons, suspects evading on foot), Homeland security site checks, security flights for the Ship Channel and Port of Houston and aerial surveillance for covert operations.

The Air Support Division also provides support with emergency and special events by conducting damage assessments for weather related events (hurricanes, floods), works with lake patrol to identify access points and location of possible victims that need to be rescued by boat, provides aerial oversight for large scale protests, to provide live video downlink for major scenes and special events (super bowl, protests, marathons, conferences, and presidential motorcade), ceremonial flyovers and static displays (police week, funerals, and Houston Police foundation events) and tactical assistance for SWAT for insertions and possible extractions.