Let's Talk about the Calgary Police Service

[Bill Bumface]

C-FIVO is an amazing tail number, or whatever the hell the term is for helicopters.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by WhiteTiger

I admit it, I snickered...but I do like the dark blue with the silver hawk logo over the straight black, hawk decal and yellow lettering.

I agree, I always thought the blue and silver looked sharp

[Ducay]

Assume colloquially the program will still be known as Hawcs?

Either way, slick looking airframe. Good for the CPS, give them all the tools and equipment they need. CPS is over-vilified right now and even just having something like this at their disposal is a good reminder of our appreciation for what they do on a daily basis.

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by Ducay

Assume colloquially the program will still be known as Hawcs?

Yup. It's still the Helicopter Air Watch for Community Safety program. The program hasn't changed, the birds have just aged out.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by WhiteTiger

I assume you mean 'how', and the answer to that would be two.

CPS is currently still using HAWC1 (as noted on it's sales pitch) but they recently added CFIVO, which took HAWC2's place.

CFIVO is an Airbus H125. Here's a short vid the Herald did on the new 'copter

Spoiler!

C-FIVO also has HAWC 1 on the section directly under it's main rotor. Does that not mean it is HAWC 1?

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by Reaper

C-FIVO also has HAWC 1 on the section directly under it's main rotor. Does that not mean it is HAWC 1?

I dunno how the Air Support unit wants to/will do their naming after this. I just know that the 'actual' HAWC1 is still flying under that callsign, and the new helicopter goes by CFIVO.

Maybe when they have both new ones in service, CFIVO will swap to HAWC1.

[Huntingwhale]

Originally Posted by Locke

Oh man! That is super cheap!! Do you get to keep the searchlight and the guns?

What about parking?

I remember in Elementary school shortly after the city bought one of the first choppers, the chopper landed in our school yard. Prior to that, all the classrooms were given a heads-up about the arrival and were allowed to brainstorm and select a single question from each class to be asked to the officer/pilot. I remember after much ''deliberation", my class' question was what kind of cool weapons does the chopper have?

I think we were all expecting it to have some kind of cool equipment like terminator-style chain guns, lasers, and other 90s action movie guns to mow down houses, hollywood-style.

I'll never forget how dejected my classmates looked when the officer simply said there are no guns; the only weapons are the pistol the officer's carry. Next question. Bummer

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

I remember in Elementary school shortly after the city bought one of the first choppers, the chopper landed in our school yard. Prior to that, all the classrooms were given a heads-up about the arrival and were allowed to brainstorm and select a single question from each class to be asked to the officer/pilot. I remember after much ''deliberation", my class' question was what kind of cool weapons does the chopper have?

I think we were all expecting it to have some kind of cool equipment like terminator-style chain guns, lasers, and other 90s action movie guns to mow down houses, hollywood-style.

I'll never forget how dejected my classmates looked when the officer simply said there are no guns; the only weapons are the pistol the officer's carry. Next question. Bummer

Yeah. I was there. Remember?

[WhiteTiger]

The other day, the January photo from the CPS K9 calendar hit the internet, causing a bit of amusement:

Spoiler!

Today, they release an outtake:

Spoiler!

[Jiri Hrdina]

^As an outtake that photo has remarkable symmetry, with each dog on either side doing the same thing. It's a remarkable photo actually!