A lot of helicopters today are being used to harass entire neighborhoods where complaints to local government go completely unresolved, so I can emphasize with that situation, not that I'd ever do something that stupid.

Its not uncommon to have them hovering for 1-2 hours straight 3-7 times a week, every week, at times with no active calls on the community police dashboard almost entirely between 11pm and 4am, often less than 1000 feet in altitude (high dBs enough to shake windows).

That aside, using a helicopter as a broadcast mechanism over a loudspeaker to a neighborhood is entirely unacceptable during hours people normally sleep.

Everyone is complaining and they've been doing that at least 3 years now.

How many times can you hear, "Missing person, or Felony Suspect", black shirt, denim pants, black suspect, call 911", or "suspicious person, black hoodie, call 911", before they lose all credibility. Around 10?

It seems really racist too, always hispanic or black, where the descriptions provided apply to most if not all people of those demographics.

Makes the average person feel like we live in a police state without due process or a rule of law when the only means to resolve is front-of-line blocked through local government which ignores complaints.

I shouldn't be hearing this at 2am regularly, some people work.

> A lot of helicopters today are being used to harass entire neighborhoods

Where?

This is terrible behaviour on the part of the police.

An example of the solution being far worse than the problem.

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