Tag: AIR-1

Pregnant woman arrested after Riverside pursuit in stolen truck

From Riverside PD/Facebook RIVERSIDE — Here’s another installment of life hacks for criminals, from your always friendly police helicopter crew! LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATED: 4 juveniles, 1 adult, arrested after wild WVHS melee that caused city-wide response UPDATED: One dead, one injured, after head-on crash near Santa Rosa Plateau Two women arrested during Menifee undercover burglary suppression operation People […]

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RIVERSIDE: RPD helicopter crew helps pilot land safely after landing gear malfunction

RIVERSIDE — With help from a police aviation crew, a private pilot managed to land safely after suffering a mechanical problem yesterday evening, Sunday, Jan. 18. According to a Tweet from Riverside PD’s Air Support Unit the pilot was preparing to land at Riverside Municipal Airport, northeast of Van Buren Boulevard and Arlington Avenue, when he radioed the airport’s control tower that he had an issue with […]

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LAKE MATHEWS: Multiple agencies work together to locate, rescue severely injured dirt biker

LAKE MATHEWS — Several different law enforcement and fire department and emergency-care agencies, including Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, Riverside and Corona Police Departments, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department, American Medical Response and three aviation units, worked together to locate and rescue an off-road motorcyclist who sustained major, traumatic injuries when he crashed his motorcycle, Sunday, Aug. 13. A Riverside PD […]

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RIVERSIDE: Children treated to “fly-in delivery” of new backpacks, other school supplies

RIVERSIDE — Children from the Arlanza community of Riverside received a huge surprise when they were treated to a “fly-in delivery” of backpacks filled with school supplies Friday, Aug. 1. The backpack and school supply giveaway happened at Bryant Park in Riverside. The backpacks, which were all purchased new and were still in their packages, as well as the school supplies, were purchased and […]

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Riverside PD’s AIR-1 makes dangerous “one-skid landing” rescue from Sugarloaf Mtn

If page fails to load properly or displays as a plain-text document, try refreshing the page. I am working to resolve the problem. -TM   RIVERSIDE – Riverside Police Department’s Aviation Support Unit made an incredibly difficult rescue of a stranded hiker look easy when the helicopter’s pilot made not one, but two separate mountainside “one-skid” landings during a Friday, May […]

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RIVERSIDE: Air-1 helps with Thanksgiving rescue of stranded hikers

From Riverside Police Department:   On Thursday, November 24, 2016, shortly after 1:00 p.m., the Riverside Police Department’s Air Support Unit (AIR-1) was dispatched by the Corona Police Department for a group of 5 stranded hikers in heavy brush off of Skyline Ridge trail near the City of Corona. The hikers had been without water for approximately 4 hours and […]

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RIVERSIDE: BNSF train comes within 40′ of striking DUI driver after rollover

RIVERSIDE – A train nearly collided with a vehicle after an alleged drunk driver crashed and rolled his car directly onto a set of railroad tracks Saturday, April 23. The train happened to be traveling on the same tracks as the vehicle that rolled and had become stuck was on. The train – which was reportedly 2 miles long – only […]

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Man with knife subdued following emergency helicopter landing at Riverside Convention Center

RIVERSIDE – A distraught man armed with a large knife had to be physically subdued after he approached a running police helicopter on Thursday, March 17. According to Riverside Police officials, the helicopter was preparing to take off from the downtown Riverside Convention Center after being repaired following an emergency landing. The incident began when Riverside PD’s Air Support Unit (AIR-1) was forced […]

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