Patrolling Calgary, Alberta with Airbus H125 Helicopters - HAWCS

There’s no such thing as a typical day for the officers at the Calgary Police Services Air Support Unit, commonly known as the Helicopter Air Watch for Community Safety (HAWCS). We go behind-the-scenes with them for the upcoming Spring Issue of Vertical Valor magazine.

[@schrodingerscat7218]

Thank you, Vertical Magazine for this remarkable glimpse at the fine men and women behind the HAWC program. Yes, viewers, these are the folks.

[@RGB06084]

Great video Vertical!

[@cap.robertoleal3148]

Quienes operamos B3 , sabemos perfectamente lo que expresa la tripulación de HAWC excelente máquina, excelente trabajo, excelente tripulación.

[@sunrae3971]

nice shots

[@TyNovakAviation]

Awesome video!

[@raleighepp5274]

Should get quiter H135 helicopters!

[@harshtruth5003]

Toronto police service should have an air unit.

[@CccMcQ-t3n]

York has the same craft

[@Nates707]

Should do a video like this with the Sonoma county sheriff department or Sonoma county fire district

[@ShotInTheDark]

Shame they couldn’t afford H145

[@noahpfeifer6931]

Why do you thik the 145 would be better for their missions?

[@DiegoGarcia-ip7pr]

I live in Calgary and these noisy helicopters are a real nuisance and significantly reduce our quality of life. All day and all night they are buzzing around burning up fuel and annoying the residents. Ask any of my neighbours and they will immediately tell you how much they dislike (nice word) these noisy menaces in the sky. This video is so full of self serving propaganda.

[@DiegoGarcia-ip7pr]

Calgary has had police helicopters for over 25 years. For over 20 years there was no problem. Then, a few years ago the Calgary police got the new, bigger, more expensive, more macho, much louder and very much more ANNOYING H-125 helicopters. That’s when my neighbours and I started to notice these things!! I hate them, they disrupt the day and the night endlessly circling and doing what? That’s a good question. I want to see these nuisances grounded. Enough, my neighbourhood sounds like a war zone when these things are in the air.

[@redstarsrbija]

And why can't the same thing be accomplished with several drones? They would be a fraction of the cost, produce a fraction of the noise, and the operators would be safely positioned on the ground.