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Airborne Extradition
Unit
| The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office also operates a MU-2
Turbo Prop fixed wing airplane for prisoner extraditions…what
does that mean? Criminals are highly mobile and transient. They
travel to and from communities and states on a regular basis
as they apply their criminal trade. Fortunately, in America
we have an excellent communication system that allows law enforcement
agencies to communicate and cooperate in the apprehension of
criminals. When criminals are caught they must be returned to
the community in which they committed their crimes for trial
and detention. It is extremely expensive to travel to other
states and communities by motor vehicle or commercial airlines
to bring back these suspects and or criminals. Airline schedules
are not conducive to doing one day trips to many different communities
which generally means that the officers have to spend the night
before returning home which incurs a cost of hotel rooms, rented
cars, meals, etc. By using our own aircraft we reduce these
cost, prevents the prisoner from being in the presence of the
public, and enables us to pick up or drop off many other prisoners
to and from destinations. We have two deputy pilots that perform
these law enforcement duties as well as an aircraft mechanic
that oversees the maintenance procedures and up keep of all
the aircraft. |
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