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Re:LAPD helicopter tracker with real-time operating costs by embedding-shape on Friday November 21, 2025 @05:56PM (#46010046)
Where in Germany though? Helicopters tend to be more popular to use for various purposes in very densely populated places, like Hong Kong or New York City, but you don't really see them much in rural areas except for emergencies.
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Re:LAPD helicopter tracker with real-time operating costs by c0balt on Friday November 21, 2025 @06:02PM (#46010102)
At least for Berlin I can attest that helicopters, outside of the yellow ones for emergency care, are a very rare occurrence. I have yet so see a police helicopter outside of a large demonstration.
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Re:LAPD helicopter tracker with real-time operating costs by chmod775 on Saturday November 22, 2025 @05:12AM (#46013604)
They're used in Berlin, though they're surprisingly quiet compared to the emergency care ones. Maybe flying higher? Here's their POV:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U3mncVE1TQ0

Unsurprisingly, the comments are mostly making fun of them for wasting tax money on hunting down some guys with spray bottles.

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Re:LAPD helicopter tracker with real-time operating costs by Semaphor on Friday November 21, 2025 @06:05PM (#46010132)
I live in a pop 200k city, hospital copters are a daily occurrence. Police? Never seen one, Hamburg, one of our biggest cities, apparently has 3.
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Re:LAPD helicopter tracker with real-time operating costs by rootusrootus on Friday November 21, 2025 @06:37PM (#46010407)
Same for me. I live in a pop 1M city in America. Hospital choppers are fairly common. Police choppers rare.

Also, according to the tracker, there's only one airborne in LA right now, and it is a pretty large city. It's close to 100x bigger than a 200k city.

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Re:LAPD helicopter tracker with real-time operating costs by Semaphor on Sunday November 23, 2025 @10:19AM (#46024196)
It’s not that much bigger than Hamburg, though. But I guess Hamburg is denser.
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Re:LAPD helicopter tracker with real-time operating costs by BadBadJellyBean on Friday November 21, 2025 @06:00PM (#46010088)
In a big city. Not rural at all.
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