Law enforcement aircraft loiters low on tactical mission assisting law enforcement.

Attributes
ACN	309447
Time
Date	199507
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : slc
State Reference	UT
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : slc
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	309447
Person 2
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Flight for sheriff's office and its public service airplane. Aerial reconnaissance and search for bandit with gun. Located suspect in a train car (coal). Due to existing conditions and potential threat, I was requested to fly low over the train coal car and give support and technical information to the sheriff's office swat team. Suspect did surrender after firing 1 shot.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LAW ENFORCEMENT ACFT LOITERS LOW ON TACTICAL MISSION ASSISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Narrative: FLT FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND ITS PUBLIC SVC AIRPLANE. AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE AND SEARCH FOR BANDIT WITH GUN. LOCATED SUSPECT IN A TRAIN CAR (COAL). DUE TO EXISTING CONDITIONS AND POTENTIAL THREAT, I WAS REQUESTED TO FLY LOW OVER THE TRAIN COAL CAR AND GIVE SUPPORT AND TECHNICAL INFO TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SWAT TEAM. SUSPECT DID SURRENDER AFTER FIRING 1 SHOT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.