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The NSW Police Force now operates the newest fleet of police helicopters in the Southern Hemisphere following the Government’s investment in three new

23:39 EDT, 9 May 2021 A teenage boy has been arrested after he allegedly directed a laser pointer at a plane overnight. Police went to a house on Stony Creek Road, in Bexley, where they arrested a 16-year-old boy who allegedly used the laser from his backyard. It comes just five days after the NSW Police Force Aviation Command warned the public about the dangers associated with aiming lasers at a plane.    Police arrested a 16-year-old boy after he allegedly pointed a laser into the flight path of an aircraft landing at Sydney airport The incident comes within a week of a NSW Police anno...

A tradesman who pointed a laser at a police plane from his backyard said he was trying to shoo it away so he could get some sleep. Wayne Wiggins pleaded guilty at Parramatta Local Court on Wednesday to an act with intent to prejudice the safety of an aircraft. Wiggins, 46, pointed the light at a PolAir 8 chopper from his home in Toongabbie in Sydney's west at midnight on April 21.  Police alleged the act could have been fatal as two officers suffered temporary blurred vision. 'I was sleeping and just the contact buzzing of the plane which I had no idea which was the police, I just did it as...

“At no distance and in no circumstance is it safe to point a laser at aircraft,” Detective Superintendent Brad Monk said. “The laser beams can impair the eyesight of those on board and endanger the lives of the crew and the public.” About 12.10am on April 21, PolAir 8 was on patrol over Pendle Hill when a laser was allegedly directed at the fixed-wing police aircraft on three occasions from a backyard in Toongabbie, in Sydney’s west. Police on the ground arrested a 45-year-old man at the home and seized a laser pointer. He was taken to Parramatta police station and ch...