Police aviation is the use of aircraft in police operations. Police services commonly use aircraft for traffic control, ground support, search and rescue, high-speed car pursuits, observation, air patrol and control of large-scale public events and/or public order incidents. They may employ rotary-wing aircraft, fixed-wing aircraft, nonrigid-wing aircraft or lighter-than-air aircraft. In some major cities, police rotary-wing aircraft are also used as air transportation for personnel belonging to SWAT-style units. In large, sparsely populated areas, fixed-wing aircraft are sometimes used to transport personnel and equipment.
A Eurocopter AS365 N3 Dauphin 2 of the Victoria Police Air Wing.
An EC135 P2+ operated by the Surf Life Saving Queensland Aviation for the Queensland Police Service
A U.S. Marshal on a "JPATS" flight.
A Skyship 600 used for observation by the NYPD during the RNC in 2004
In the United States, a SWAT team is a generic term for a police tactical unit.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection SWAT officers preparing for a training exercise
Federal Bureau of Investigation SWAT agents fast-roping from a helicopter during training near downtown Los Angeles
USAF Security Forces SWAT officers during a training exercise at Travis Air Force Base in 1995
DoD SWAT officers responding to the 2009 Fort Hood shooting in Texas
