NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Technology on the new Metro Police helicopters helped officers make an arrest in a laser pointing case over the weekend.
Sgt. Henry Particelli with the department’s Aviation Unit said the aircraft are equipped with cameras that cost around $1 million each. The cameras have the capacity to zoom in up to two miles on subjects.
“We can fly at a slightly higher altitude, somewhat undetected at times,” Particelli said. “But more importantly, we can actually now collect evidentiary video of what’s going on down on the ground.”
He said in this particular case, the video provides hard evidence they may have lacked to press charges or make arrests in the past.
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