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Article: Police chiefs hope to keep helicopter in the air
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 31, 2002
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Police chiefs hope to keep helicopter in the air
Sheriff won't pay for aircraft after 2003
By LINDA SPICE of the Journal Sentinel staff
Wednesday, July 31, 2002
While Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. no longer wants
the expense of running the department helicopter, local suburban
police chiefs hope to keep it in the air.
The Milwaukee County Law Enforcement Association recently formed a
task force to study alternatives for funding and ways to save the
helicopter after the county stops its funding in 2003.
"Most of the law enforcement community around here believes a