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This is the UNOFFICIAL site for New Mexico's Albuquerque Police Department Air Support Unit. This web site was created, is maintained and is paid for by ME, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or meet the approval of the Albuquerque Police Department or the City of Albuquerque.
The Albuquerque Police Department has utilized fixed wing aircraft since 1973 from within different bureaus in the department. We are flying a Cessna 182, two Bell OH-58A+ helicopters, and December 15, 2001 brought our Eurocopter EC-120B helicopter home (go to photographs to see the new picture!).
The APD Air Support Unit serves the metropolitan area of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. Located in central New Mexico where I-40 and I-25 intersect, this area supports approximately 1/3 of the entire State's population. We serve over 570,000 citizens within this metro area of approximately 1200 square miles. Our elevation varies from 4900 feet at the Rio Grande River to 10,678 feet at the Sandia Mountain peak.
We
are located at the
Double Eagle II Airport (AEG)
7401 Paseo del Volcan NW
Albuquerque, NM 87121
(505) 833-6983 (Hangar)
(505) 833-6981 (Hangar Fax)
Our mailing address is:
Albuquerque
Police Department
Air Support Unit
400 Roma N.W.
Albuquerque, NM 87102
BENEFITS OF AIR SUPPORT
Reduced Liability
Virtually
ends all high speed pursuits:
Documents
Offenders Actions
More
successful convictions
Documents
Officers Actions
Increases
Police presence in the communities
Air
Support is frequently the first unit on-scene
Critical
Incidents
Improves
Command and Control of available resources
More
effective than 26 officers on the ground
personnel
Provides
accurate information on the incident scene for Police and Rescue
Let
me know what you think of my web page: 
Drop
one of us a line:
Lt. Robert
“Huge” Haarhues,Unit Commander/Fixed Wing Pilot
Michael "Col.
Klink" Callihan, Lt., Fixed Wing Pilot
Kevin
"MacGyver" Fredekind, Fixed Wing Pilot / Mechanic
John "Hans" Skinner,
Tactical Flight Officer
Chace "Stretch"
Mayhew, Fixed Wing Pilot
Tim “Mr Clean”
Booth, Flight Officer / Fixed Wing Pilot
Wayne “Wall Street”
Sowell, Helicopter Pilot
Larry “Nak” Buynak,
Helo & FW Pilot, CFI
Kevin “Whisper”
Killpack, Helicopter Pilot
Randy “Retired”
Johnson, Helicopter Pilot
Eric "Rick"
Greenblatt, Helicopter Pilot
Take
a look at some photographs: 
Officers
with the APD Air Support Unit are members of the Airborne Law
Enforcement Association
This
web site is registered with the Police Officers Internet
Directory
Click on the Badge to go to the City of Albuquerque Police
Department Home Page
Click on the airplane to go to Albuquerque's Double Eagle II
Home Page
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