Ruddy Eagle copter thingy

[Ixion]

has been blatting back and forth over Mt Wellington for ages now - making a hell of a noise. Anyone know what it's about ?

[scumdog]

Nope, the only ones we hear around this area are the rescue chopper and the ones that shoot deer.

Which one do you think it is???

[Ixion]

'Twould be the shooter me thinks .My guess is someone has done another runner.

[N4CR]

Yeah it's usually GI that it hovers over, I have tried following it before a few times to no avail.

I'm up in meadowwank and unfortunately it is around GI and sometimes over here quite a bit. At least they can't give tickets eh!

[Motu]

When I lived in Green Bay a few years ago the chopper was a constant thing - several nights a week it would just go around and around the school with it's search light going,circling right over our house.Sometimes I'd walk or drive around the neighbourhood to see what was going on,but never saw any other Police presence,just the chopper going around and around and around and around....

Then the Greek guy was killed over in La Rosa st,about 100 metres away...and the chopper stopped coming.His house backed onto the school fields,and I think the drugs were coming in and out that way.Apparently he was a dab hand,or foot at martial arts - so they waited until he took a crap and then blew him away.

[Sniper]

Fucky that was funny Motu

[Swoop]

has been blatting back and forth over Mt Wellington for ages now - making a hell of a noise. Anyone know what it's about ?
It's gotta be serious if they are spending that much time overhead...
Something like a burglary at the best donut shop in town...:whistle:

[loosebruce]

Yea sorry for that Ixion, that was just me leaving work, promise not to do it again, er maybe

[crashe]

Nah the chopper pilot... is just checking up on his wife/partner..
Seeing what or who they are UP to....

Tis all good.... if they are over your way... that means us Westies are given a break for the night .... and we get a good night's sleep.

[Cookie]

Mt Roskill gets the odd visitation too. Probably Somalian turf wars or something - or much more likely, chasing a KB'er :-) . A few days ago my house was right under their flight path as it went round and round quite low for ages.

Must be good fun up there. :yes:

[Fishy]

Probably just another night patrolling the ghetto. Typical for that area, more than likely looking for someone from GI.

[Finn]

has been blatting back and forth over Mt Wellington for ages now - making a hell of a noise. Anyone know what it's about ?

I think it's related to an armed incident last night. There was a fight and someone was either smashed with a broken bottle or something else and two cars took off. The person who called the job said a firearm was involved. The cops did an armed pull over of one of the cars but I don't know the outcome.

[Fishy]

Ha like I said "Typical for that area"

[Harry33]

We normally get it flying out our way most nights/days. Theirs always shit going down in south Auckland.

Not chopper related but...we had a interesting night just before christmas, when a couple of locals decided to break into the Placemakers. They ended up getting chased by the local security crowd and decided to jump our fence. The cops (with dogs that bite) arrived ask us to open our gate and said "If anyone tries to get out through the gate can you tackle them". This is midnight pitch black. Bugger that, I'm willing to help like the next guy but I don't want a screwdriver or any other sharp piece of metal jabbed in a place I might need.
After about 15mins the cop just jumped in his car and left. Didn't say anything just left. We found out from the static guard ( The crooks broke our electric fence so we had to get a guard on site) that the cops caught them up the end of the road.
This is not a bitch at the cops, just a weird experience with one.

[Ixion]

'Tis a jolly noisey contraption. How come we get shit about noisy bikes but that thing doesn't . How come it doesn't need a silencer ? Certainly must wake more folks up than any bike (except maybe my old Jawa )

[madboy]

Harry, the dog handlers can sometimes be pretty busy. I'm surprised they stopped to even say anything apart from get inside!! I got busted by a delta unit a few years ago while practising some drifting (and then I did a runner but his mate got me down the road), then delta catches up, was just starting the lecture when he got called to another job so had to disappear. Forgot to give me a ticket. Bugger.

I can imagine the choppers would probably be a lot like the dog handlers. You get called to an incident, you could well be miles away, and by the time you get there the incident could be all over! It's almost funny to hear the poor delta units around here (no choppers thank God), they get called from the city to wainui, get almost there, then get stood down, then get called to Upper Hutt, then get stood down halfway there, then get called to Porirua, then get stood down... poor guy probably spends half his shift trying to get to a single job!!

[SwanTiger]

Must suck down in Wellington!

Quite often I have been roaming around in the bush at night and come across a Delta, not doing anything in particular. Often on a hot day they'll take the dog to the beach and wait for a job.

The ammusing thing was, each time I hav encounted a Delta unit the handler has never been friendly or what you'd call a "Good Communicator". A while back I watched a documentry about Delta units in New Zealand and they were exactly the same. It must be the type of people they choose, quiet, very alert and very concious of their environment.

Interesting species of police!

[crashe]

I have a nice Delta Unit living right at the end of my street...

The last dog was cool but now fully retired and living there as a pet...
He wont let anyone knew his new beast not even his own family, but only him.
Apparently he is doing a grand job catching the crims...

[imdying]

I bet those dogs love the sirens on the vans... whenever they're on, they're gonna get a run :D Either that, or leftover donuts :lol:

[Harry33]

Harry, the dog handlers can sometimes be pretty busy. I'm surprised they stopped to even say anything apart from get inside!!



Yeah I know a few cops and I take my hat off to them for doing a sometimes thankless job. The only thing I was really wondering was, could he have not just quickly said when he was leaving" they have been spotted down the road". My wife was pretty freaked not knowing if someone might still be hiding near one of the buildings. But yeah i understand that every second counts when your tracking someone.

Anyway didn't see any copters today.