Police Aviation News November 2015 ©Police Aviation Research Number 235 November 2015 PAR ©Airbus Helicopters Charles Abarr Police Aviation News November 2015 2 PAN—Police Aviation News is published monthly by POLICE AVIATION RESEARCH, 7 Wind- mill Close, Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 3BQ UK. Contacts: Main: +44 1992 714162 Cell: +44 7778 296650 Skype: BrynElliott E-mail:
[email protected] Police Aviation Research Airborne Law Enforcement Member since 1994—Corporate Member since 2014 SPONSORS Airborne Technologies www.airbornetechnologies.at AeroComputers www.aerocomputers.com Avalex www.avalex.com Broadcast Microwave www.bms-inc.com Enterprise Control Systems www.enterprisecontrol.co.uk FLIR Systems www.flir.com L3 Wescam www.wescam.com Powervamp www.powervamp.com Trakka Searchlights www.trakkacorp.com Airborne Law Enforcement Association www.alea.org LAW ENFORCEMENT AUSTRALIA SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Aerial camera footage taken from a police helicopter at a fatal siege in September was dismissed as “defective” by an Australian Coroner, Mark Johns. An inquest into a police shooting near Tailem Bend looked into the death by shooting of Al- exander Kuskoff at his farm on September 17. Kuskoff, 50, had fired guns at police during the five-hour standoff, which ended in him being fatally shot by an officer from a range of 139m. During the standoff, Mr Kuskoff allegedly fired a number of shots at officers and the police helicopter, which had been hovering above the property. The helicopter was forced to move away from the scene and settings on an in-flight recording system were altered, leading to footage of the incident being compromised.