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Cleveland Police Helicopter Deployments
27 March 2011 - 31 March 2011
This page will only be updated on business weekdays and will highlight the previous day's flights. Weekend and public holiday updates will appear on the closest following working day . Please note that not all items will always be listed due to operational sensitivity or ongoing investigation.
Date | Time | Location | Task Type | Result |
31/03/2011 | 03:45 | Port
Clarence | Vehicle Theft | Deployed to assist in search for a recently stolen ambulance from Billingham. Vehicle is fitted with a GPS based tracker, and is presently on Port Clarence Road. District units following ambulance, which fails to stop. Vehicle is abandoned and one suspect makes off towards allotments. Extensive search carried out. Number of heat sources checked and eliminated. Downlink provided to control-room at their request. Area eliminated. |
30/03/2011 | 14:30 | Middlesbrough | Vehicle theft | Assist in search for stolen motorcycle in the Grove Hill and Longlands areas. Area eliminated so ground units could be redeployed. |
30/03/2011 | 00:25 | Stockton | Crime search | Whilst transiting back to airport crew hear report of persons running from a burglary in the Fairfield area. Aircraft immediately diverts to location. Crew conduct a thermal image search and locate four offenders attempting to make off, officers directed and persons arrested. Officers then redirected to location where males had been first seen and a stolen motorcycle was recovered. |
29/03/2011 | 23:50 | Redcar | Crime Search | Search Corus site at Lackenby for persons on site attempting to steal property. Area searched and cleared allowing ground officers to be redeployed to other incidents. |
29/03/2011 | 20:47 | Redcar | Missing Person | Assist Police units with search for missing suicidal male. Conduct search of Redcar beach and a number of other wooded areas in Redcar. All locations cleared allowing officers to be redeployed to other locations for this search |
28/03/2011 | 1450 | Stockton | Missing Person | A search of a large area of countryside and wooded areas for a missing suicidal female with a history of self harm. Area searched and eliminated whilst ground officers concentrated on other lines of enquiry. |
27/03/2011 | 1815 | Stockton | Crime Search | Search Hardwick area after two males were reported running from scene of a burglary. Whilst searching the area, both males were arrested by ground officers. |
27/03/2011 | 2100 | Middlesbrough | Crime Search | Search of roofs for Burglar in Middlesbrough town Centre following information received. Insecure window found on roof. Directed ground officers who searched the premises and confirmed burglary had occurred. |
27/03/2011 | 2330 | Stockton | Crime Search | Search Stockton town centre for male responsible for assault during domestic incident. Area fully searched and male was not present. Ground officers informed so they could continue enquiries elsewhere. |