We anticipate a large turnout for this year s conference. ALEA membership exceeds 3,000 worldwide. Brandt says the biggest threat these days to helicopter police units around the country are municipal bean counters. Enlightened city managers realize that airborne police units are force multipliers that make budgetary sense over the long haul. A major focus of this year s seminars will be on the safety of flight, Brandt says.
Greater safety means fewer lawsuits against the police and better community relations.
It also makes officers more effective and helps them get the bad guys off the street. Our conference gives unit managers, and the pilots, information on the latest and greatest technologies for safer operations. Cheaper and lighter that s what we look for in our helicopters and our equipment. Major manufacturers will be there, to find out what the folks in the field really need. Hoffman Engineering Corp. 601 Interactive Safety Products 414 Internatn l Aviation Compos.